Sheffield retro: 35 nostalgic photos capturing the joy of 80s nights out, including pub of the year

These photos are sure to bring back lots of happy memories

A young Kylie is flanked by dancers at the much-missed Roxy nightclub, a long queue forms outside Romeo’s & Juliet’s, and the licensees of a long-since-demolished watering hole celebrate after it is named pub of the year.

These are just some of the nostalgic images taking you back to the 80s around Sheffield, and celebrating some of the decade’s most beloved nightspots.

Long-lost pubs, clubs and cinemas feature in this retro photo gallery, which also shows popular publicans from the era, plus their punters.

Do you remember nights out at Sinatra’s, Silks or the Locarno, and do you recall watching the latest blockbusters at the Gaumont, ABC or Classic cinemas?

Perhaps you were lucky enough to see The Who or The Animals perform at Sheffield City Hall, or to catch a gig at the much-mourned Compleat Angler music venue, on Snig Hill.

Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of nights out in Sheffield during the 80s, and which venue do you miss most from back then?

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