Sheffield retro: Nostalgic photos which prove the 80s were the best decade to be alive in the city

Sheffield retro: Nostalgic photos which prove the 80s were the best decade to be alive in the city.

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00:00 Almost everyone will tell you the era in which they grew up was the best to be alive,

00:05 but these photos show the 1980s were certainly a good time to be around in Sheffield.

00:10 It was a decade of shoulder pads and leg warmers,

00:13 during which Madonna and Michael Jackson vied for chart supremacy,

00:16 and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Murphy were among the biggest movie stars.

00:21 This retro photo gallery shows families in Sheffield cooling down

00:25 in the long-since demolished Lido at Millhouses Park

00:28 and taking the plunge at Attercliffe Swimming Baths.

00:31 Several much-missed pubs and their unforgettable landlords feature too,

00:35 including the one-of-a-kind Stone House on Church Street in Sheffield City Centre

00:40 and the Arbathorn Hotel, which Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday stars joined forces to reopen.

00:46 The 80s also saw music lovers pack out Bramall Lane

00:50 for one of the city's most legendary concerts when Bruce Springsteen came to town,

00:54 while popular events of the era included the Star Walk and the Lord Mayor's Parade.

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