Sheffield retro: 23 nostalgic photos capturing good times at popular 70s and 80s nightclubs
Sheffield retro: 23 nostalgic photos capturing good times at popular 70s and 80s nightclubs.
Sheffield has numerous notable nightclubs in the 1970s and 1980s.
These photographs transport you back to those days, capturing some of the era’s most popular clubs, where the dancefloor was always packed.
This nostalgic photo gallery takes you inside much-missed nightclubs like Josephines, Fiesta, The Limit, the Roxy, Baileys, Silks, Tiffany’s, and the Penny Farthing.
The Crazy Daizy nightclub underneath GT News is also seen, where Sean Bean used to hang out and where The Human League’s Phil Oakey famously met future band members Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall on the dancefloor.
In addition to ordinary revellers having a good night out, these nostalgic photographs reveal some of the huge stars that such clubs drew back then, from Kylie Minogue to Morecambe and Wise.
Do these photographs bring back any memories for you, and which nightclub do you believe was the greatest in Sheffield throughout the 1970s and 1980s?
1. Busy dancefloor
The dancing floor at Sheffield’s Baileys nightclub in March 1977 | Sheffield Newspapers
2. Josephines
Josephines nightclub in Sheffield in 1977
3. Rebels
Dixon Lane, Sheffield, 1980, displaying the entrance to the Rebels nightclub.
4. Penny Farthing
In February 1970, Betty Nixon, Avril Cochrane, and Christine Hague participated in a go-go dancing competition at Sheffield’s Penny Farthing nightclub.
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