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

Martin & Hamilton Contracts Manager David McAdoo hands over the keys to the new extension at Ballykeel Community Centre to Ballymena Mayor Cllr Maurice Mills at last week’s ceremony which was attended by representatives of the council and the builders. Also included is caretaker Rosemary McCorkill. BT52-112JC

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.

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

Miss Gemma Ford with children from Ballykeel Nursery playing with dough. BT47-207AC

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.

These pupils from Ballykeel Nursery demonstrate their building skills. BT47-206AC

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Happy smiles from pupils at Ballykeel Nursery as they play with their toy cars. BT47-204AC

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