These photos take you back to 1989, which also saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and in Sheffield the Hillsborough Disaster, in which 97 people tragically lost their lives, casting a huge shadow over the city.
They show people, places and events around Sheffield at the tail-end of the 80s.
Kylie Minogue is pictured on stage at the city’s famous Roxy nightclub, snowboarders are seen getting some air at Sheffield Ski Village, and Princess Diana is shown meeting well-wishers during a visit to the city.
Schoolteachers and their pupils, old shops on Fargate, Chapel Walk and High Street, and popular pubs from the era all feature too in this retro gallery of photos from The Star’s archive.
There’s an appearance by Phillip Schofield, long before his time on This Morning, opening the new Superbowl bowling alley, and a young ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed is seen in the early days of his glittering boxing career.
Do these photo bring back any memories for you of Sheffield in the late 1980s, and can you see anyone you recognise?
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5. Sweet factory
Workers file out of the gates at the George Bassett & Co confectionery factory in Owlerton, Sheffield, on January 12, 1989 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

6. London Road video store
West Coast Video store on London Road, Sheffield, in 1989 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

7. Comic Relief
Helen Clarke (8) and Darren Hague (6) touch red noses as part of the Comic Relief celebrations at Woodthorpe School, Sheffield, in March 1989 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

8. Ski Village
A competitor takes to the air during the first ever National Snowboarding Championships at Sheffield Ski Village on September 10, 1989 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

