These pictures take you back to 1960 Sheffield, when the last trams ran on the old network.
Huge crowds turned out to mark the occasion, and it would be another three decades until trams returned to the city’s streets in 1994.
This retro photo gallery captures the last days of the old trams, among other sights around the city at the dawn of the 60s.
The lost shops pictured include Woolworths, and Sugg Sport, on Pinstone Street; the Peace Gardens, as they are now, are seen looking very different; and you can see inside a popular cafe on one of Sheffield’s most historic streets.
A rock ‘n’ roll competition is caught on camera in full flow, a barrel organ entertains families at a fete in the city, and Sheffield’s beloved Lyceum Theatre is seen during its days as a bingo hall and social club.
Lost pubs, schools and cinemas also feature in this trip down memory lane.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of Sheffield at the start of the 60s?

13. Bingo
The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, as a bingo hall and social club in 1960 | Sheffield Newspapers

14. Merry-go-round
Pensioners from Richmond Road, Sheffield, enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round in June 1960

15. Old trams
Tram No 522, Vulcan Road service, on Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, in October 1960 | Picture Sheffield/P. Fletcher

16. Waingate
Waingate, Sheffield, in 1960, with the old shops in the bottom left including Hindley's tool store and the booking office of Sheffield United Tours. The building at the bottom of the hill is the Lady's Bridge Hotel, with Tennants Brewery (later Whitbreads) behind on Bridge Street.

