Vintage photos of Sheffield show the city (and its hills) in past times
It's fascinating to see how the city has changed - and stayed the same - over time.
No matter how long you've been in Sheffield, there's something intriguing about old photos of the city. Whether you're trying to spot familiar sites or marvelling at how certain areas look the same, the city's history can be captured in images that provoke nostalgia and tell us about the lives of those who came before us.
Whether you remember the egg box, the Tinsley Towers or the hole in the road, or just know about them through legend, enjoy this collection of memories of the city in former times.
Sheffield is steep.
— Pott (@Pott_Shrigley_) August 2, 2023
THE 5 Greenhow Street pic.twitter.com/B7HPS1elRc
Striking miners independently work a seam of coal they have discovered on a building site off Handsworth Road in Darnall, Sheffield during the 1893 dispute
Unknown author. From The History of the City of Sheffield 1843-1993
13th December 1940- Sheffield blitz
U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationCheering crowds greet
— Lucy (@screwloose1980) August 3, 2023
Sheffield Wednesday team as they arrive home with the F.A. Cup in 1935 pic.twitter.com/Xdvb5UXC61
Castle Market surrounded by scaffolding
Philippa Willitts
Construction of the Castle Square Underpass (most commonly known as 'the Hole in the Road'), High Street, Sheffield.
The JR James Archive
Nurses and patients at Longshaw Lodge Convalescent Home for Wounded Soldiers, Grindleford
Tyne & Wear Archives & MuseumsTelephonists at work in the
— Lucy (@screwloose1980) August 10, 2023
telephone exchange switchroom at the GPO, in 1965 pic.twitter.com/HAVR13fuTw
Tinsley Viaduct and Blackburn Towers
Gregory Deryckère
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