Sheffield retro: Was this how you would spend a typical Saturday in the 1980s?

Deputy Editor

Published 29th Oct 2022, 04:45 GMT

How would you have spent your Saturdays in Sheffield in the 1980s?

Did you go swimming at Attercliffe Baths, or did you pick up some bits and bobs from Castle Market?

Maybe you had a drink in the Maynard Arms or popped on the city’s first bendy bus?

Here’s a gallery of images to remind you of city life in the 80s.

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Sheffield welcomed the novelty of bendy buses in the 1980s.

1. The first bendy buses

Sheffield welcomed the novelty of bendy buses in the 1980s. Photo: Johnston Press

Bingham and Browne, Castle Market, Sheffield in 1980

2. Market day

Bingham and Browne, Castle Market, Sheffield in 1980 Photo: Nancy Fielder

Fun at Attercliffe Swimming Baths in 1982

3. Making a splash

Fun at Attercliffe Swimming Baths in 1982 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

Browsing the knitting patterns in the Brightside & Carbrook Store, Castle House, Sheffield, in 1986

4. Knit one pearl one

Browsing the knitting patterns in the Brightside & Carbrook Store, Castle House, Sheffield, in 1986 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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