We searched our archive, along with photos from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, to bring you these evocative images, depicting what life was like in Chesterfield and Derbyshire during the eighties – see if you can spot anyone you know.
1. Eighties Derbyshire
Campaigners take to the street in a jobs protest march in 0ctober 1981 Photo: George Eyre
2. Eighties Derbyshire
Stephenson Place in Chesterfield in 1985, shows some different shops from today - including a video rental store. Photo: Derbyshire Times
3. Eighties Derbyshire
Youngsters enjoy dressing up for the Codnor carnival in 1982. Photo: George Eyre
4. Eighties Derbyshire
Langley Basin Canal, 1981. Photo: George Eyre