So whether you were just a child back then, or you can remember it like it was yesterday, enjoy a trip down memory lane with this selection of photos.
The images were captured around Buxton and the High Peak by our photographers throughout the 1980s.
1. Sports facities
Sports facilities at the now demolished High Peak College in the early 80s Photo: unknown staffer
2. Coopers factory
Coopers corset factory off London Rd, Buxton, in the early 1980s. Photo: Alan Swift
3. Kilns
Blowing up the lime kilns at Millers Dale in the early 1980s. Photo: Alan Swift
4. Opera House
Felling a group of large trees outside Buxton Opera House Photo: Alan Swift