Recognise any familiar faces from Powys life in 1955?
WELCOME to bygones.
Today we are heading back to 1955 to share a handful of pictures of Powys life.
As ever we invite all our readers to share their own pictures from the past by emailing gavin.grosvenor@newsquest.co.uk today and to follow our Facebook page at 'Powys In The Past.'
Fun at Brooks Show in 1955.
(Image: County Times.) Welshpool Modern Secondary School pupils with their woodwork in 1955.
Anne Hughes was Newtown Carnival Queen in 1955. (Image: County Times.) The Montgomeryshire County Cricket side in 1955. (Image: County Times.)
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