Then and now pictures reveal how Sheffield street close to Hillsborough Stadium has changed over the years

The name is thought to be related to the 19th century, when the road was still just a path leading to the River Don – the word ‘Lepping’ is thought to refer to ‘leaping stones’ that people used to cross over the river.

The whole area was badly hit by the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, when Dale Dyke Dam burst, laying waste to whole areas of the Loxley and Don Valleys, with a wall of water sweeping as far as Rotherham.

Of course, one dreadful chapter in the street’s history was the Hillsborough Disaster that took place on April 15, 1989, which resulted in the awful loss of 96 lives. Those poor Liverpool fans who went to watch a football match and never came home again entered the ground through the Leppings Lane end.

However, these pictures simply look back at the area and its community over the years.

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