Recognise any familiar faces from Oswestry life in the 80s?

It was the decade of the the 1982 Falklands War, the 1984 miners' strike, the re-emergence of mass unemployment, peaking in 1986 at over 3.5 million as well as the privatisation of industry and the challenge to trade union power.

Life continued in Oswestry and the borders as ever.

Readers are encouraged to share their own pictures from the past by emailing gavin.grosvenor@newsquest.co.uk today.

The Llandrinio Sunshine majorettes in 1982.

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Pensioners from Whittington holding a flower show in 1981.

Pupils from Morda Primary school at a Harvest festival at St. Oswalds Parish Church, Oswestry, in 1981.

The Oswestry branch of the SDP holding a cheese and wine party in 1983.

Children and parents from the Memorial Hall Playgroup, Oswestry, hold a jumble sale in 1982.

The Dulux Dog opens Wilkos, Oswestry, in March 1980.

Four teams from Rhyn Park School Fitzalan, Croeswylan and Lakelands at at Boules competition at Croeswylan school in 1982.

Llangedwyn Youth Club members pictured at a presentation in 1980.