IN PICTURES: Take a look through the Newtownabbey Times archive

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

More every week in the Newtownabbey Times.

May McRoberts, who has retired after 28 years' service at Ballyclare Primary School, pictured with principal Winston Pollock and pupils who presented her with gifts. 1997placeholder image
May McRoberts, who has retired after 28 years' service at Ballyclare Primary School, pictured with principal Winston Pollock and pupils who presented her with gifts. 1997

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?

Alderman Rooney presents prizes to winners in the Abbey Historical Society's Open Week Colouring Competition. 1997placeholder image
Alderman Rooney presents prizes to winners in the Abbey Historical Society's Open Week Colouring Competition. 1997

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 but appear in full in print.

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