This week’s fascinating pictures from Mansfield and Ashfield’s past

By Sharon Brandom

Published 20th Sep 2019, 10:53 BST

Take a trip down memory lane with these fabulous bygone snaps from Mansfield and Ashfield.

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1985: Firemen and ladies from Blidworth go head to head in a charity football match. Are you on this picture?

placeholder image — 1985: Firemen and ladies from Blidworth go head to head in a charity football match. Are you on this picture?

1981: This trio are playing a tune at Mansfields medieval market? Did you see them there?

placeholder image — 1981: This trio are playing a tune at Mansfields medieval market? Did you see them there?

1985: A fabulous bygone snap of the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre. Do you think we make enough of our links with Robin Hood?

placeholder image — 1985: A fabulous bygone snap of the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre. Do you think we make enough of our links with Robin Hood?

1985: Bilsthorpe Legionnaires Juvenile Jazz Band pictured marching through the village. Were you part of this band?

placeholder image — 1985: Bilsthorpe Legionnaires Juvenile Jazz Band pictured marching through the village. Were you part of this band?

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