Streets, shops and people from the past across Flintshire
Here we look at some of those places and people from across Flintshire.
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Posted to the Leader's Local Bygones Facebook group, members shared a few memories and thoughts as well.
To see more photos from the Leader archive, or to share your own, visit the Local Bygones page on Facebook.
Enjoy this trip down memory lane...
Swag, in Mold 1979.
Leo Sharps: "I shopped at Swag in the late 80s and early 90s. Kim Webb from Ruthin owned the shop and Alan who I was in school with worked there. Martinique was a label I fondly remember. Great shop, great times."
Patrick O'dwyer: "Remember Swag well, you could spend a fortune on a shirt, that two other people had on that night."
Swag, in Mold 1979.
Swag, in Mold 1979.
Station Motors, Mold, March 1995.
Alex's Fish and Chips, Mold, 1986.
Simon Christopher: "The fish in the wall-mounted glass box in Alex's was ace."
Val Powell: "Alex, my daughter's godfather and Zena, loved working for them, best times ever with Sheila Chris and Freda, fond memories."
Colin Norbury: "Arches on a Sunday night and call there on the way home."
Total filling station, Flint, 1985.
Mold precinct, 1979.
Esso garage, Connah's Quay, 1986.
The team at JM Motors, Hawarden, January 1995.
Rachel Hughes: "I bought a Fiesta 1.4 sport in 1994 off Vince, great car."
John Wrench: "I bought my first road legal car from here in 1999 for £995 and I still have it tucked up in a shed, I'll never sell it."
Mold in 1986.
On the road in Kiln Lane, Hope, 1966.
Mold in 1986.
Mold High Street, February 1995.
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