But if there’s one part of the city that has altered more dramatically than any other it is surely the old industrial heartland.
This retro photo gallery captures the last days of a golden era for Brightside and Attercliffe.
The fascinating images show a bustling Sheffield neighbourhood, where heavy industry supports a thriving community.
Amid the haze of smoke pumped out by the numerous factories are pubs, schools and shops, many of which have since been lost.
Children can be seen playing on the streets, an iconic department store is pictured shortly before it closed for good, and two of Sheffield’s most famous landmarks are shown standing proudly on the skyline, which has changed dramatically since these photos were taken.
A new era is today on the horizon for the area, with hopes that a huge waterside housing estate will revive its fortunes.
But this trip down memory lane shows the task which lies ahead to rebuild the community in a part of Sheffield that has suffered more than most from the city’s industrial decline.
Do these nostalgic images of the area bring back any memories for you? Did you drink in any of the pubs pictured, shop in the stores shown or attend one of the schools featured?
9. Post office
Brightside Post Office, on the corner of Lincoln Street and Eben Street, Sheffield, with Brightside County School in the background, in February 1978 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
10. Brightside Lane shops
Brightside Lane Post Office and nextdoor the former premises of E. E. Brisley, fishmonger, poultry dealer and greengrocer, in 1971 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
11. Tool shop
All Tools, on Attercliffe Common, and the Excelsior Inn, on Carbrook Street, in 1970, with the River Don Works in the background | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
12. 70s shops
Attercliffe Road, Sheffield, looking towards Banners department store, in 1977, also showing Ernest Burgess, tailors; Hitchens; Westons Chemist; Timpson; Landers grill and coffee bar; R.C. Hopkinson, grocers; and Marcway Models | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers