They were all taken in 1985, the year in which Back to the Future catapulted a young Michael J Fox to global stardom.
In Sheffield that year, a piece of cinematic history was lost as the old Gaumont picture house at Barker’s Pool, in the city centre, was reduced to rubble.
That was also the year a huge unexploded bomb was discovered on a residential street, leading to a mass evacuation of surrounding homes and the cancellation of Sheffield United’s match against Oldham.
This retro photo gallery captures those dramatic moments and other memorable occasions from 1985.
Life at popular working men’s clubs of the era, lost nightclubs including the Locarno and Romeo’s and Juliet’s, and a famous pub paying tribute to a legendary landlord also feature in this trip down memory lane.
Shops and cafes on Ecclesall Road and Abbeydale Road, entertainment on The Moor, and an epic snooker match at the city’s Crucible theatre are pictured too.
These nostalgic black and white images also chronicle the final shift before the closure of a South Yorkshire coal mine, the aftermath of a devastating fire at a Sheffield school, and traders at Sheffield’s old Sheaf Market, plus much more.
What are your abiding memories of 1985 and the 80s as a whole?
5. Haunted pub?
Audrey Garrett puzzles over an untouched pint at the Old Queens Head pub, on Pond Hill, Sheffield, which is reputed to be haunted, on July 16, 1985 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
6. Brownies
Brownies enjoying the Whit Sing in Weston Park, Sheffield, in May 1985 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. Lost nightclub
The entrance to Romeo's and Juliet's nightclub, in Sheffield, pictured in 1985 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
8. Sheffield Marathon
Runners in the Sheffield Marathon on June 8, 1985 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers