They show many of the venues youngsters loved to visit back then, from cinemas and bowling alleys to a much-loved toy shop known as the Yorkshire Disneyland.
Children are seen splashing about on a hot summer’s day in the packed Millhouses Lido, following their parents around the fondly remembered Castle Market, and playing in the streets when there were fewer cars about and youngsters had more freedom to roam.
This retro photo gallery also captures the excitement of joining the throng in the city centre to see Sheffield lit up for Christmas, the thrill of hanging out in playgrounds when health and safety was still in its infancy, and the fun to be had making new friends at the action-packed summer holiday play schemes which ran back then.
All the photos are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
What are your favourite memories of Sheffield in the 60s and 70s, and what do you miss most from back then?
13. 'Bertie Beacon'
Road safety mascots looked very different back then. Pictured is 'Bertie Beacon' during a visit by police to Wadsley Bridge Infant and Junior School, Penistone Road North, in 1972 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
14. Space to play
Youngsters are pictured here in the play area at Sheffield's Park Hill flats in June 1972 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
15. Home time
Pupils head home from Owler Lane High School, Grimesthorpe, in July 1964 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
16. Shops
Shops were different back then. Pictured are youngsters in front of a row of shops on Nottingham Street, Pitsmoor, at the junctions with Fitzalan Street and Andover Street, in June 1965 | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield