They capture suburban life around Sheffield up to half a century ago, from the fringes of the city centre to the edge of the countryside.
This retro photo gallery shows thriving communities in Heeley, Pitsmoor, Mosborough, Grenoside and Stocksbridge, among other places, as they used to look.
Children are seen piling onto a roundabout in a popular playground, publicans are shown pulling pints at some of the city’s best-loved watering holes, and post offices, chippies, shops and other pillars of suburban life are captured too in these nostalgic black-and-white images.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of life in the 70s and 80s around Sheffield, and what do you think of how things have changed since then?


26. Norfolk Arms
The Norfolk Arms pub at Ringinglow, Sheffield, in September 1981 | Sheffield Newspapers


28. Last days
Terraced houses in Upperthorpe, Sheffield, are demolished in February 1982 | Sheffield Newspapers

