Sheffield retro: 11 unique pictures to take you right back to 1988

By Jane Salt

Published 9th Dec 2022, 04:45 BST

A search of our archives brings you these 11 fascinating pictures showing life in Sheffield in 1988.

Can you spot anyone you know in the images? Do they bring back good memories?

Sheffield Firemen on parade at the Division Street fire station for the last time before closure, February 1988

1. On parade

Sheffield Firemen on parade at the Division Street fire station for the last time before closure, February 1988 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

Staff of the Sheaf Line Bus Company who run their business from the Old Tram Depot, Attercliffe Common, where the building is under a compulsory purchase order from the council, 1988

2. Sheaf Line Bus Company

Staff of the Sheaf Line Bus Company who run their business from the Old Tram Depot, Attercliffe Common, where the building is under a compulsory purchase order from the council, 1988 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

George Senior & Sons Limited, Steel Manufacturers, Ponds Forge, Sheffield, pictured iin April 1988, on the site of the soon to be built swimming pool

3. George Senior

George Senior & Sons Limited, Steel Manufacturers, Ponds Forge, Sheffield, pictured iin April 1988, on the site of the soon to be built swimming pool Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

The huge Denby Dale pie crust leaves Sheffield..September 4, 1988

4. Pie crust

The huge Denby Dale pie crust leaves Sheffield..September 4, 1988 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd