IN PICTURES: Take a look through the Ballymena Times’ archive

Take a look back at the good old days with our selection of photographs from the paper’s archive.

Take a look back at the good old days with our selection of photographs from the paper’s archive.

Players and officials of Wavelin Albion FC with their trophies which were presented at the annual dinner in Tollymore House Hotel.
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Players and officials of Wavelin Albion FC with their trophies which were presented at the annual dinner in Tollymore House Hotel. 1989 | JPIMedia

More every week in the Ballymena Times.

If you have any old photographs that you would like to share with our readers, we would love to hear from you.

Ballymena Golf Club’s Captain, Michael McCrory with sponsor and prizewinners on the final day of the Club’s Open Week.
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Ballymena Golf Club’s Captain, Michael McCrory with sponsor and prizewinners on the final day of the Club’s Open Week. 1989 | JPIMedia

Do you have photographs from school? Maybe a sports team you played on? Or a special event that was a special memory?

We would love to see them. Send any old photographs, together with any details you have about the photo, to [email protected] and we will use as many as we can in the paper.

*Note: Some pictures may have been cropped for web publication purposes.

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Royal Visit: Prince Charles visited Broughshane Community Playgroup as it celebrated winning an Eco Schools Green Flag Award.
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Royal Visit: Prince Charles visited Broughshane Community Playgroup as it celebrated winning an Eco Schools Green Flag Award. 2000 | JPIMedia

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Teacher, O. Erskine and pianist Karen Logan with pupils from Loughan School who won the Wallace Cup at Ballymena Festival.
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Teacher, O. Erskine and pianist Karen Logan with pupils from Loughan School who won the Wallace Cup at Ballymena Festival. 2000 | Other 3rd Party

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