It was the time of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown and the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle; 1986 was not a year many would forget.
This was also the year of Argentina’s “Hand of God” World Cup goal against England, and the first documented cases of Mad Cow Disease in British cattle.
But what was going on closer to home, in Hull and East Yorkshire? We have had a look through the archives and uncovered many nostalgic photographs of the era.
Among them are a protest against cucumbers, an archaeological dig in Old Town, and the construction of the Hull Daily Mail offices on Beverley Road.
Have a look at the history of Hull in our selection of photographs below.