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

Pupils from Cullybackey High School who took part in a non-uniform day to raise money for Conservation Volunteers. Included are Alison Parker and Susan Woods McAdam. BT43-229AC

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

More every week in the Ballymena Times.

Here are some from 2007-2008

Marie Heron presents Geoff Surgenor with the highest prizewinner award at the Kells and District HPS annual dinner. BT49-248AC

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

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.

Geoff Surgenor, Brian Swann and Marcus Morrow who received Mid Antrim Combine diplomas at the Kells and District HPS annual dinner. BT49-247AC

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Members of Kells and District HPS at their annual dinner and prize giving. BT49-246AC

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