Sheffield retro: 16 photos looking back in time in and around the area of Tinsley

From workers in the Rolling Mills and the Marshalling Yard to the doomed Sheffield City Airport, here we take a look back in and around Tinsley through the years

By Jane Salt

Published 18th Mar 2024, 05:00 BST

Do you have memories of living or working in Tinsley?

Workers in the roll turning department at Tinsley Rolling Mills in 1963

1. Rolling Mills

Workers in the roll turning department at Tinsley Rolling Mills in 1963 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

Tinsley Wire FC pictured in 1970. Photo submitted by Mrs V Nixon

2. Football

Tinsley Wire FC pictured in 1970. Photo submitted by Mrs V Nixon Photo: Derek Fish

Trams being broken up in the scrapyard of T.W Ward Ltd., Tinsley Works

3. Tram

Trams being broken up in the scrapyard of T.W Ward Ltd., Tinsley Works Photo: Catley staff

Strikers from the Tinsley Marshalling Yard

4. Strike

Strikers from the Tinsley Marshalling Yard Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

Sheffield Tinsley Sheffield City Airport