Sheffield retro: 36 nostalgic photos taking you back to 1972, when petrol cost 8p a litre
Sheffield retro: 36 nostalgic photos taking you back to 1972, when petrol cost 8p a litre.
The dancefloor at Baileys nightclub is packed, Castle Market is bustling, and the Hole in the Road remains a favourite gathering spot.
These nostalgic photographs transport you back to Sheffield in 1972, when the Ford Cortina controlled Britain’s roadways.
Back then, a litre of petrol cost only 8p, a pint of beer cost 14p, and the average property cost slightly more than £5,000. This retro photo gallery depicts life in Sheffield that year, from school hallways to shops, bars, and factory floors.
The shops depicted include BHS, C&A, Mac Market, and Walsh’s department store, with the ancient Sheaf Valley Swimming Baths among the vanished landmarks.
Pele, the world’s greatest footballer, visited Sheffield in 1972, as shown here playing for Santos against Sheffield Wednesday.
Other festivities that year included a stunning It’s a Knockout-style competition at Norfolk Park, water skiing at Crookes Valley Park, and the famed Rag Parade, which wound its way through town.
Do these photographs bring back any memories of your time in Sheffield in the early 1970s?
1. The Moor
The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in 1972, with stores like John Temple Tailors, Hardy & Co, and British Home Stores | Sheffield Newspaper
2. Haymarket
Haymarket, Sheffield city centre, 1972 | Sheffield Newspapers Sheffield retro: Popular cafés and coffee houses from the 1960s and 1970s
Sheffield retro: 36 nostalgic photos taking you back to 1972, when petrol cost 8p a litre
The dancefloor at Baileys nightclub is packed, Castle Market is bustling, and the Hole in the Road remains a favourite gathering spot.
These nostalgic photographs transport you back to Sheffield in 1972, when the Ford Cortina controlled Britain’s roadways.
Back then, a litre of petrol cost only 8p, a pint of beer cost 14p, and the average property cost slightly more than £5,000.
This retro photo gallery depicts life in Sheffield that year, from school hallways to shops, bars, and factory floors.
The shops depicted include BHS, C&A, Mac Market, and Walsh’s department store, with the ancient Sheaf Valley Swimming Baths among the vanished landmarks.
Pele, the world’s greatest footballer, visited Sheffield in 1972, as shown here playing for Santos against Sheffield Wednesday.
Other festivities that year included a stunning It’s a Knockout-style competition at Norfolk Park, water skiing at Crookes Valley Park, and the famed Rag Parade, which wound its way through town.
Do these photographs bring back any memories of your time in Sheffield in the early 1970s?
1. The Moor
The Moor, Sheffield city centre, in 1972, showing shops including John Temple Tailors, Hardy & Co and British Home Stores | Sheffield NewspapersPhoto: Sheffield Newspapers
2. Haymarket
Haymarket, Sheffield city centre, in 1972 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
3. Hole in the Road
Sheffield’s Castle Square subway and roundabout, better known as the Hole in the Road, pictured in May 1972, with C&A in the background | Sheffield Newspapers
4. Castle Market
A stall at Sheffield’s Castle Market in June 1972 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd.
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