That was the year Nipper buses first hit the streets of Sheffield, and when huge crowds gathered to protest as Margaret Thatcher visited the city.
The lido at Millhouses Park was one of the city’s biggest attractions, The Moor underwent a major facelift and buskers enteratined shoppers in the Hole in the Road.
This retro photo gallery captures all this and more, including the much-missed Romeo’s and Juliet’s nightclub, lost shops such as Debenhams and Woolworths, and the Animals on stage at Sheffield City Hall.
The pictures also show some of the biggest characters of the day, from a groundbreaking bus driver and a popular milkman to the larger-than-life nightclub impresario Peter Stringfellow.
Do these photos bring back any memories of the 1980s for you?
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1. Romeo and Juliet's nightclub
Interior of the new Romeo room at Romeo's and Juliet's nightclub, Sheffield, in 1983 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
2. Brick Trams
Brick Trams on The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in October 1983, with Quadrant Stationers, Woolworths and Debenhams among the shops visible | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
4. Milkman
Milkman Ernest Sheldon delivering milk in the Wincobank area of Sheffield in November 1983 | Sheffield Newspapers