In pictures: Oswestry and Ellesmere life in the 1980s

Today we venture back to the 1980s to share a selection of pictures of Oswestry and Ellesmere life.

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Cast members from the Ellesmere Primary School play in 1980. (Image: Archive.)

Ellesmere Carnival memories from 1982. (Image: Archive.) New pupils at Ellesmere School in 1980. (Image: Archive.)

Ellesmere Football Club in 1980. (Image: Archive.) Children at Oswestry Cricket Club bonfire night in 1982. (Image: Archive.) Members of Oswestry hockey team in 1982. (Image: Archive.) The athletics team from Croeswylan School, Oswestry in 1982. (Image: Archive.) Pupils from Oswestry's Woodside School in 1980.