These stunning black and white pictures show the lost shops and Royal moments that once graced Mansfield

Sports Editor, NMSY titles

Published 17th Sep 2026, 13:05 GMT

Our latest retro gallery hits the dial on our time machine to take us back to the Mansfield of decades ago.

The first batch of pictures focus on Leeming Street and some shops that we have long since lost.

We also take a look at Mansfield celebrating some Royal landmark moments of yesterday.

Take a look and enjoy your trip down memory lane.

Mansfield's St Peters School nativity in 1969. Photo: National World

Peafield Lane School nativity in 1976. Photo: National World

Christmas nativity play at Heatherley Primary School in Mansfield in 2012. Photo: Chris Etchells

Pupils from the Langwith Basset School who took part in their nativity play called 'The Prickly Hay Hoe Down' in 2011. Photo: Anne Shelley

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