Bygone Sheffield

Throughout the 20th Century Sheffield was home to many amateur and professional filmmakers. In the early 1990's two videos 'Bygone Sheffield' and 'Bygone Sheffield Revisited' were released featuring many of these archive films.
The videos have now been digitally remastered and compiled onto DVD with an interactive menu to allow users to access the many different clips. The DVD includes over 100 mins of film showing the Sheffield our grandparents knew...
The DVD and a VHS version are available from the Sheffield Star, and by mail order.
Contact 01709 868511 or email [e-mail]

[@Worldwidegam3r]

The xmas lights in the 70s were amazin ! People used to make a night of it walking round town , dancing coloured water fountins to music alsorts ! Bring it back !

[@khalidmahmood8322]

the good days when the UK was great and proud

[@doyoumind9356]

Sheffield has changed a lot since 1930

[@paulgathercole2601]

RIP Mr Capstic 👍

[@Guroth]

Its nice to come here and find I'm not the only person who likes seeing these video's and also believes Sheffield is the worse for loosing some of it's old buildings. It looks a shadow of it's former self, I cant recall seeing a parade through town in 34 years of living.

[@smilesMCgoo]

yay my home town Sheffield!!! LONG LIVE STEEL CITY lol

[@JasonJason210]

I participated twice in the Lord Mayors parade, as a cub in the Sheffield 31st.

[@Korbits]

Weird I typed in random letters, let spell check do it's work, and I end up here, it's amazing how much history this place has though I've never heard of it :P

[@christophernorris100]

Arr Great Old Childhood Memories of my Home Town and Not like this these days Now.

[@314julius]

HaHa! ... i love that "HELLO" at the beginning in proper northern style!

[@doctordrew66]

@AMikeOnLine Thanks mate. Of all my mum's little pearls this was a favourite. You've made me smile.

[@JackBlack-gh5yf]

I was once in the Sheffield University gun club, and the Range Officer said, "Which bloody idiot has signed in as 'Tony Capstick'?!" Unfortunately, he got himself into some bother, not long after, by firing a Walther PPK out of a taxi window, while drunk, in the city centre 😯

[@lordflanderwell]

lovely,chuckled at blacksmiths with shirt and tie!

[@125or200px]

Love this vid,thanks for sharing. I have many memories of people,buildings etc. My grand father was in the Marples just an hour or so before the place was wiped out by nazi bombs. My gran worked in the picture house at Lane Top My Dad worked at Fletchers bakery My mom worked at Co Op. I love this town,and county Also SWFC of course.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Your Grandfather was lucky to leave when he did, my Mother was across the road at C&A just before the bombing - she'd left a coat to pick up later......

[@thirlestanelodge2]

do you remember,"Sheffield, City On The Move" It was a film that was shown before the main feature in the pictures in the 70's. Has it moved at all? I've been away since then.

[@aflatminor]

Who remembers RAG day and the boat race down the Don??? I can recall back in the 70's being on Ladies bridge when someone was throwing bags of flour at the students in the boat race, one of the students caught a bag and launchede it back at the bridge as fast as owt!!- it smacked a bloke full in the face but he laughed like mad at it!! The good old days!! The City is unrecognisable now, long gone is the soot and smog- even the birds don't cough during the dawn chorus anymore!!!

[@ederkis]

I do !

[@doravernon1511]

Unrecognisable, yes! Student boat race? Who remembers the Star Walk? A fantastic tram system dismantled for 'vested interests' not for the traveller, how about installing a Ghost Train round the pedestrianised City centre!

[@cgisarecrap]

'Ello there, it's me Tony Claptrap......

[@loungejay8555]

4:47 damn those private motoring interests to hell.

[@Trixiebellebadmum]

The fishes looked dead sad!

[@007jkirk]

its a shame there isnt a clip of the old wholesale market my farther owns Enoskaye if anyone knows that?

[@Abornazine]

@AMikeOnLine You was posh.....we had to kick the celler door :-)

[@markleaning107]

just a hell hole now

[@doyoumind9356]

How ?

[@markleaning107]

@@doyoumind9356 open your eyes

[@doyoumind9356]

@@markleaning107 People see things differently.

[@AMikeOnLine]

Whats for tea mum?.... A run round the table and a kick at the pantry door.She said.Try telling your kids that today ??

[@Abornazine]

@caterpillarmodel LOL

[@thirlestanelodge2]

very funny, Tony Capstic, doin' a posh accent.

[@johnowls]

fish

[@thirlestanelodge2]

tha' means 'ole in ' road, dun't tha. Biggest fish tank in europe it war in ' sixties.

[@eyechubcunt3322]

Yes corrupt local government, got rid of trams, because of vested interest. nothing changers.

[@RhAndroid]

FAKE!