Sheffield retro: nostalgic pictures transformed into colour show how we lived in 1967

Sheffield retro: nostalgic pictures transformed into colour show how we lived in 1967.

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00:00 They called it the Summer of Love.

00:02 Well, Sheffield may not have had Woodstock,

00:06 but there was plenty going on in the city in 1967.

00:10 And all those years ago,

00:13 the stars photographers were there to record it.

00:16 But they did it in those days in black and white.

00:20 We have now used modern technology

00:24 to transform those old black and white pictures

00:28 by turning them into color.

00:30 And with it, we have brought memories of the year

00:34 back to life in a way that they've not been seen

00:37 for many years.

00:38 The collection of pictures ranges from youngsters

00:43 playing in parks that modern health and safety rules

00:46 would probably never allow in this day and age.

00:49 And they range to pictures of long changed parts

00:53 of the city, where the city scapes have changed

00:56 beyond recognition over the years.

00:59 They also give you a chance to take a look inside banks

01:03 and libraries, which have changed beyond recognition

01:06 as technology has changed the way we live our lives

01:10 and do business.

01:11 Take a look at that world in color again

01:13 for the first time in more than half a century.

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