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Pete Hill

Sheffield, 1970s

Pete Hill was born in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, in 1957. Obsessed with photography from an early age, he got his first “proper” camera for his 15th birthday and would walk the streets of Sheffield photographing anything and everything.

Largely self-taught, he got his photographic education from Time Magazine’s Life series of photography books, so he grew up with the American greats such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen and shots of New York in the 1940s and 50s. Also, more locally, Bert Hardy. 

Park Hill, Sheffield, 1970s.
Park Hill, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Stalker Lees Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Stalker Lees Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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The Royal Hotel, Attercliffe, Sheffield, 1970s.
The Royal Hotel, Attercliffe, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Angel Street, Sheffield, 1970s.
Angel Street, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Archer Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Archer Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Eccleshall Bus Terminus, Sheffield, 1970s.
Eccleshall Bus Terminus, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Jacksons, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Jacksons, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, 1970s.
Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Penistone Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Penistone Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Highfields, Sheffield, 1970s.
Highfields, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Sweet Machine, Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, 1970s.
Sweet Machine, Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, 1970s.
Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Broadfield Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Broadfield Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Volvo, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Volvo, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Arundel Gate Underpass, Sheffield, 1970s.
Arundel Gate Underpass, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Pond Street, Sheffield, 1970s.
Pond Street, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Top Rank Subway, Sheffield, 1970s.
Top Rank Subway, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Heeley Bottom, Sheffield, 1970s.
Heeley Bottom, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Heeley Bottom, Sheffield, 1970s.
Heeley Bottom, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, 1970s.
Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, 1970s.

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Pete Hill on Sheffield

“Sheffield couldn’t match New York but was good enough for me. I particularly loved the vibrant life along Abbeydale Rd and Heeley and the somewhat brutalist architecture of the city centre.”

- Pete Hill

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