Nether Edge Hospital opened in 1929 and joined the National Health Service in 1948, after the dining hall and nurses' home were damaged by enemy bombing in December 1940 during the Second World War.
The main hospital closed in 1990 and most of the site was acquired by Gleeson Homes in 1997 and subsequently developed for residential use.
We have unearthed these great retro pictures of when the Duchess of Kent visited, and comedian Charlie Williams entertained the patients.
Want more Sheffield retro? NHS staff over the years, Sheffield babies on the maternity unit over the years
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. Meeting staff and patients
The Duchess of Kent met staff and patients at Nether Edge Hospital, Sheffield - 1969 Photo: Peter Tuffrey
9. End of an era
Nether Edge Hospital Maternity Unit closure - January 18, 1991 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers