that have pics of sheffield during the 1980's esp the wicker and the markets? any help would be very much appreasiated

Did you try this:
http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/
go to search and try from there.... there are some good pics in there but a lot are in black and white.

Picturesheffield is full of older stuff - it's citysnapper you need :thumbsup:
http://citysnapper.org/dm/index.htm

www.ronsandersoncollection.com is a fab websire with pics of Sheffield:thumbsup:

look at dave milners pictures on the web, not sure what year they are, i've been gone from there since 1967, but they are still very intersting to see.