Sheffield retro: 24 nostalgic photos showing 60s and 70s life in city’s industrial heartland
Sheffield retro: 24 nostalgic photos showing 60s and 70s life in city’s industrial heartland.
Sheffield has altered dramatically between the 1960s and 1970s.
But if one area of the city has changed more dramatically than any other, it is undoubtedly the ancient industrial heartland.
This throwback photo gallery highlights the end of a great era for Brightside and Attercliffe.
The interesting photographs depict a bustling Sheffield suburb where heavy industry supports a vibrant community.
Pubs, schools, and businesses can be found among the veil of smoke emitted by the numerous manufacturers, many of which have since disappeared.
Children may be seen playing on the streets, a historic department store is photographed just before it shutters for good, and two of Sheffield’s most iconic buildings stand proudly on the skyline, which has changed dramatically since these images were taken.
A new age is on the way for the town, with the hope that a vast waterfront housing development would revitalise its economy.
However, this walk down memory lane underlines the challenges of reconstructing a community in one of Sheffield’s most affected areas by the city’s industrial decline.
Do these nostalgic photographs of the area evoke any memories for you? Did you visit any of the pubs, shops, or schools shown?
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1. Lambpool
The Lambpool bar, on the crossroads of Attercliffe Common and Janson Street in Sheffield, around 1960s or 1970s. It closed in the early 1990s and was demolished in 1993. Photo: Picture Sheffield.
2. White Lion
In the early 1960s, the White Lion bar, on the corner of Carbrook Street and Dunlop Street in Brightside, Sheffield, looked towards the River Don Works. The Industry Inn is seen to the right of the photo, with the Stones Ales sign outside. | Image Sheffield photo: Picture Sheffield
3. On your bike
Youngsters play on Alfred Road, Brightside, Sheffield, near its junction with Stamford Street, looking towards Fleet Street and the English Steel Corporation, in May 1966 | Photo: Picture Sheffield
4. Short Street
Short Street, Brightside, Sheffield, at the junction of Barking Street, looking toward Staybrite Works, Weedon Street, in September 1963 | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers LtdPhoto: Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Limited
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