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

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?

The Tinsley East railway signal box pictured in 1985

5. Signal box

The Tinsley East railway signal box pictured in 1985 Photo: Sheffield newspapers

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The official opening of the Tinsley Marshalling Yards by Lord Beeching, October 29, 1965

6. Opening

The official opening of the Tinsley Marshalling Yards by Lord Beeching, October 29, 1965 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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Pictured is the last locomotive to leave the Tinsley Marshalling Yard on Wood Lane, with all the staff of the yard, March 27, 1998

7. Last loco

Pictured is the last locomotive to leave the Tinsley Marshalling Yard on Wood Lane, with all the staff of the yard, March 27, 1998 Photo: Steve Parkin ,

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PC Stuart Hancock, centre, with Tinsley Lifestyle youngsters before their trip to Cleethorpes Pleasure Island Theme park which was arranged as a thank you for their cleanup around Tinsley and other charity work, July 1996

8. Thank you

PC Stuart Hancock, centre, with Tinsley Lifestyle youngsters before their trip to Cleethorpes Pleasure Island Theme park which was arranged as a thank you for their cleanup around Tinsley and other charity work, July 1996 Photo: Steve Ellis

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