A collection of Sheffield photographs, brought together with slideshow and music. Many thanks to the Facebook group "Pictures of Sheffield old and new" for their contributions. Enjoy!
A very emotional journey for me. better times for some of us. A better world. Really enjoy this kind of thing. they call it progress today, but I call it vandalism. All those lovely places we knew, now gone. How things have changed. thank you so much for sharing. Tommy wards elephant looking magnificent, just wonderful. Loved the music too.
We went live in Sheffield in 1959 when my Dad left the RN. He got a job at Bassets and worked there until he retired in 1986. I don't recognise the city now, it has changed so much since I left in 1971. The place was black with industrial pollution back then but soon became a lovely place to grow up. I remember the 'hole in the road' being dug and now they have filled it in again. My brother and his sons and their families are still living there. happy memories of a great town to grow up in.
I look at photos of Sheffield 1940s thru to 2000s hoping to see family members, particularly me mum and dad, sadly no longer here..I never see them..but I always wonder where they were on the day the photo was taken, where they were going? What they were doing that day? I guess what I would really like is a delorean time machine, head down the parkway at 88 miles per hour into the Sheffield of my past, go home and knock on the front door, surprise them, spend one more afternoon with them chatting over a cuppa and slice of mums awesome Christmas cake... That would be so nice (tears)...would I come back to 2020? Probably not, the past seemed to make more sense to me, this mad world feels like someone else's life not mine.
Beautiful music, thanks for putting the names for them on ! I was born in Sheffield and currently working there, so much has changed. I love looking at all the old photos. THANKYOU!
Fantastic collection of images. Brought back many happy (and some not so) memories. Sad to see so many of the places I frequented as a child demolished and gone forever. Great video!!
I used to deliver milk for express dairies in 70s on Hyde Park flats,milk float used to go in service lift then along balconies to far end then in lift to next floor ( 7 in total on main block) besides milk we did groceries. Good times & some lovely people lived there.But some of the things thrown over the balconies TVs settees any thing, l remember one sad fri night collecting a young man throw himself off as I remember he’d come all the way from Lincolnshire I have lived in N Wales now since 1977 but do miss the old Sheffield l still call Sheffield home & am still a Yorkshire bloke
When Sheffield city was nice and had heart and soul, glad I moved away 20 years ago, whenever I visit I hardly recognise it now! Such a shame 😢
A very emotional journey for me. better times for some of us. A better world. Really enjoy this kind of thing. they call it progress today, but I call it vandalism. All those lovely places we knew, now gone. How things have changed. thank you so much for sharing. Tommy wards elephant looking magnificent, just wonderful. Loved the music too.
Sheffield was a truly mighty city.
We went live in Sheffield in 1959 when my Dad left the RN. He got a job at Bassets and worked there until he retired in 1986. I don't recognise the city now, it has changed so much since I left in 1971. The place was black with industrial pollution back then but soon became a lovely place to grow up. I remember the 'hole in the road' being dug and now they have filled it in again. My brother and his sons and their families are still living there. happy memories of a great town to grow up in.
Remember the fish tank? That was the meeting place for a night out. That and the co op doorway. Best time of my life.
When Sheffield was such a fantastic city sadly in 2021 a former shadow of itself
feeling very nostalgic and perhaps a little sad watching this...Great video
Feeling very nostalgic. We emigrated to Australia in the 60's but I've never forgotten these places. I was born in Handsworth.
Red gates was such a magical place to visit
Used to go to Redgates wi mi mum and Dad. bless em. Lay toys away and pay weekly. Suggs was on the corner.
I look at photos of Sheffield 1940s thru to 2000s hoping to see family members, particularly me mum and dad, sadly no longer here..I never see them..but I always wonder where they were on the day the photo was taken, where they were going? What they were doing that day? I guess what I would really like is a delorean time machine, head down the parkway at 88 miles per hour into the Sheffield of my past, go home and knock on the front door, surprise them, spend one more afternoon with them chatting over a cuppa and slice of mums awesome Christmas cake... That would be so nice (tears)...would I come back to 2020? Probably not, the past seemed to make more sense to me, this mad world feels like someone else's life not mine.
That music is just too wistful.
Beautiful music, thanks for putting the names for them on ! I was born in Sheffield and currently working there, so much has changed. I love looking at all the old photos. THANKYOU!
Absolutely brilliant, I'm a scotsman who came to Sheffield in 1984,really liked the video
Absolutely FANTASTIC. I can't praise these films enough.
Beautiful video accompanied by beautiful music, thank you .
Who would have thought today that my birth place was one of the greatest industrial cities in the world once upon a time.
Brilliant video miss the old sheffield
Fantastic collection of images. Brought back many happy (and some not so) memories. Sad to see so many of the places I frequented as a child demolished and gone forever. Great video!!
I used to deliver milk for express dairies in 70s on Hyde Park flats,milk float used to go in service lift then along balconies to far end then in lift to next floor ( 7 in total on main block) besides milk we did groceries. Good times & some lovely people lived there.But some of the things thrown over the balconies TVs settees any thing, l remember one sad fri night collecting a young man throw himself off as I remember he’d come all the way from Lincolnshire I have lived in N Wales now since 1977 but do miss the old Sheffield l still call Sheffield home & am still a Yorkshire bloke