1966 was the year in which both people’s artist Pete McKee and Pulp’s brilliant bassist Steve Mackey entered this world.
It was also the year when the University of Sheffield’s Arts Tower, then the city’s tallest building, and the hulking Hyde Park flats officially opened.
The Arts Tower may no longer be Sheffield’s tallest building, but it is still standing proud nearly 60 years later and boasts the world’s largest continually moving paternoster lift
The Hyde Park flats complex, which, like its little sister Park Hill, was famously branded the ‘streets in the sky’, was opened by the Queen Mother in June 1966.
But while Park Hill has survived intact and is today one of Sheffield’s most sought-after addresses, two of the four blocks that made up Hyde Park were demolished in the 90s, and the two that remain have seen better days.
This retro photo gallery shows both the Arts Tower and the Hyde Park flats in the year they were officially opened.
It also features many more sights from around the city in 1966, including lost shops, pubs and railway stations.
And it captures some of the biggest events of that year, including a huge fire at the Wicker goods depot, World Cup fever in the city, and the excitement as Sheffield Wednesday reached the FA Cup final.
Do these images bring back any memories of the 60s for you?
For more Sheffield nostalgia, check out this look back at lost buildings from the 60s and 70s.
These photos are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
5. Fargate
Fargate, Sheffield city centre, pictured in 1966, showing shops including Spalls and Halfords | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
6. Lost subway
The Moor subway at the junction with Moorhead and Furnival Gate, showing Snelsons TV shop and The Nelson pub, in August 1966 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
7. Old Cross Daggers
The Old Cross Daggers pub in Woodhouse, which was built in 1658, is pictured here in January 1966 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
8. Fire drama
An injured firefighter is helped away as firefighters tackle a blaze at the Wicker goods depot on Savile Street, Sheffield, on July 31, 1966, the same day another fire broke out at the Bridgehouses depot, off Nursery Street. Four firefighters were injured when part of the shed roof collapsed at the Wicker depot. Flames reportedly leapt 70 feet into the air, with smoke rising hundreds of feet, and one witness described the sight as 'resembling a miniature atom bomb mushroom'. | Sheffield Star Photo: Sheffield Newspapers