WE are not allowed to go outside as much as we would like at the moment so the County Times has once again delved into its archives for a glimpse at days gone by.

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County Times: Manafon SchoolManafon School

Manafon Primary School in 1939.

County Times: County Times memory lane feature: Castle Caereinion Best Kept Village 1968. Pictured are: Freda Gibbs (Red Lion Hotel), Vernon Edwards and Derek Jones MS749-2017County Times memory lane feature: Castle Caereinion Best Kept Village 1968. Pictured are: Freda Gibbs (Red Lion Hotel), Vernon Edwards and Derek Jones MS749-2017

Castle Caereinion residents after the village won the Best Kept Village of the Year award in 1968.

County Times: Newtown Badminton Club annual dinner at the Cock Inn in Forden in 1968.Newtown Badminton Club annual dinner at the Cock Inn in Forden in 1968.

Newtown Badminton Club members at their annual dinner in Forden in 1968.

County Times: CT MEMORY LANE FEATURE Caption is: "John Jones scores the deciding goal for Newtown from a lovely low cross from the new left winger Pugh" We think this is Caersws vs Newtown at The Recreation Ground, early 1960's.CT MEMORY LANE FEATURE Caption is: "John Jones scores the deciding goal for Newtown from a lovely low cross from the new left winger Pugh" We think this is Caersws vs Newtown at The Recreation Ground, early 1960's.

Action between Caersws and Newtown in the early 1960s.

County Times: Cefn Coch sheepdog trials in 1969.Cefn Coch sheepdog trials in 1969.

Cefn Coch Sheepdog Trials in 1969.

County Times: Newtown Mothers Union on their way to Rhyl in 1928.Newtown Mothers Union on their way to Rhyl in 1928.

Newtown Mothers Union on their way to Rhyl in 1928.