Retro rewind: A look back at Mansfield and Ashfield in the eighties

By Phoebe Cox

Published 30th Dec 2024, 12:34 BST

Updated 25th Sep 2025, 14:08 BST

Can you believe that the 1980s were four decades ago?

Here are some retro snaps from your Mansfield and Ashfield Chad in the eighties.

Recognise anyone?

Mansfield Colliery Cricket Club 1981. Photo: National World/JPI

Mansfield Hosiery Mills staff picture, early eighties. Photo: National World/JPI

A Chelsea Pensioner visiting Forest Town School in September 1987. Photo: National World/JPI

Church Street, Mansfield, in the eighties. Photo: National World/JPI

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