The Hole in the Road, the bandstand on The Moor and the old Cole Brothers department store are among the landmarks captured in this retro photo gallery. Also visible is the distinctive cladding on the old Embrace nightclub, which was not to everyone’s taste, with the building currently undergoing a dramatic transforma
The Rivelin Hotel, Orchard Square shopping centre under construction and a Wetherspoons pub in its former guise as the Sheffield Water Works Company offices are just some of the other iconic buildings featured in this trip down memory lane.
All the photos are shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.
1. Sheffield Canal Basin
Victoria Quays in 1981, as seen from Hyde Park, with Sheffield Parkway and the old Durham Ox pub in the foreground Photo: Picture Sheffield
2. Barker's Pool
Barker's Pool and Burgess Street in August 1988, as viewed from Sheffield City Hall Photo: Picture Sheffield
3. Orchard Square
Fargate, Sheffield, in 1987, showing Orchard Square shopping centre under construction Photo: Picture Sheffield
4. Rivelin Hotel
An elevated view of Rivelin Hotel (also known as Rivelin Tavern) on Tofts Lane, Sheffield, in September 1982. It was built in the 1850s as a mill cottage and converted into a pub several years later Photo: Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers