See if you can spot anyone you know in these photos taken from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, as we as our own archive, depicting what local life was like in during the eighties.
From royal visits and chariot races to marching for jobs and long-lost shops, this is what the decade looked like...
9. Eighties Derbyshire
Remember any of these shops on Stephenson Place, in Chesterfield, from 1985? Photo: Derbyshire Times
10. Eighties Derbyshire
Enjoying the summer weather at Langley Basin Canal's Northern Basin in 1981. Photo: George Eyre
11. Eighties Derbyshire
Ironville Carnival Queen and attendants, June 1982 Photo: Eric Gregory
12. Eighties Derbyshire
Unveiling the new ride planned at the American Adventure theme park in 1989. Photo: Derbyshire Times
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