Sadly, it was also the year we lost comedian Marti Caine and she is one of a trio of city celebrities who feature here.
1. School story
Story time at Hartley Brook Primary School, Sheffield, 1995 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
2. Spell-binding Skyhorse
These King Edward School pupils are spellbound as they listen to Skyhorse, a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe, on a visit to the school, July 3, 1995 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
3. They're off!
The start of the Star Walk outside Sheffield Town Hall Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
4. Sheffield star 1
Marti Caine in 1979 - she died tragically young in 1995 from cancer and was mourned by many Sheffielders Photo: submitted