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Castle Place, Belfast with horse-drawn trams and hackney cabs, in 1875

23 of the best photos transporting you back to the 1800s

Children bounce about on an inflatable boat during the Belfast Civic Festival in May 1982

36 nostalgic photos capture magical 80s memories at summer fairs

Young flautists provide music in the sun at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, in August 1982

26 photos capture joy of 80s and 90s concerts and dance shows

Young dancers enjoy the bank holiday festivities around the Maypole in Holywood, Co Down, in May 1991

31 nostalgic photos taking you back to the 90s

Royal Avenue and Castle Junction, Belfast, in around 1900

27 photos taking you back more than a century to the early 1900s

Mini-rugby action at Ravenhill in June 1982. In this match, Connor House, Bangor, in possession, had a runaway victory over Downey House, Belfast.

27 nostalgic photos capture 80s sporting life around Northern Ireland

Darren Stevens and Keith Stewart, pupils at Tullygally Primary School in Craigavon New Town, Ulster, pictured playing together in December 1974

21 photos taking you back to the 70s, from schoolyard to circus fun

Ryan Whittington, from Gilnahirk, Belfast, pictured in 1992 behind the steering wheel of a model E-Type Jaguar owned by the Ulster Transport Museum and kept down at Witham Street in East Belfast. The car was originally built for the 'smallest man in Ireland', Lisburn's Davie Jones, who was only 26 inches tall.

44 nostalgic photos taking you back to the early 90s

Children from the Limavady and Dungiven areas enjoying a holiday at Crawfordsburn Camp, Co Down, organised by the RUC Community Relations Branch, in the 1980s

36 joyous photos taking you back to the 80s

Pictured on their first day at St Olcan's Primary School in 1990 are Orla McDonnell, Marie McLaughlin, Bronagh McDonnell and Bernadette Watson

38 nostalgic photos taking you back school days in the early 90s

Teacher Diane Fleming with new P1 pupils Alan Boyd, Naomi Wilson, Samantha Hamill and Tyler Heigh, at Groggan Primary School, Antrim, in 2007

26 nostalgic photos showing popular teachers in the noughties

Eighteen-year-old Brenda Reid and Alison Henderson are pictured with bank manager Derrick Lynas at Ballyhackamore as they open their first bank accounts in January 1981

26 nostalgic photos taking you back to the 1981

These nostalgic photos show life around Northern Ireland in 1989

25 nostalgic photos show people winning at life in 1989

Lurgan Town Centre, viewed from the bell tower of Shankill Parish Church, in the 1960s

31 of the best photos capturing 60s life around Northern Ireland

Dodgem-racing at Barry's, Portrush, in August 1982

43 nostalgic photos capture early 80s life
From the classroom to days out at the beach, these photos capture early 80s life around Northern Ireland in all its variety.
Robert Cumber

These photos capture children performing in concerts at schools around Northern Ireland during the noughties

31 of the best photos showing school concerts in the noughties

These photos show children in nativity plays at schools across Northern Ireland during the noughties

36 adorable photos of pupils in noughties school nativity plays

There are some things you'll almost certainly remember doing if you grew up in the 60s

You didn't grow up in the 60s if you don't remember doing these things

There are some car maintenance skills that most drivers possessed in the 60s and 70s but younger motorists lack

6 lost car maintenance skills every driver had in the 60s and 70s

Some people are still using products made more than a century ago, when things were built to last

9 of the longest surviving household goods, built to last

Ready meals really took off in the UK during the 70s and 80s

9 ready meals you'll remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

The prizes on the Generation Game's famous conveyor belt during the 70s, 80s and 90s were a mixed bag

13 of the most popular Generation Game prizes in the 70s, 80s and 90s

The Index catalogue was published from 1985 to 2005

7 lost catalogues you'll remember from the 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties

There are several items that were commonplace in the 60s and 70s, but young people today would struggle to work

7 common 60s and 70s items most people wouldn't know how to work today

These photos capture life in all its variety at high schools around Northern Ireland

37 of the best photos capturing high school life in the noughties

A miner tries his luck at the coconut shy at the Good Friday Fair in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, in 1955

21 nostalgic photos to give you that Friday feeling
Congratulations. You’ve beaten the Monday blues, made it past humpday, and the weekend’s finally here.
Robert Cumber

There are some wedding presents almost every couple had on their list in the 70s and 80s

7 of the most popular wedding gifts of the 70s and 80s

These were some of the coolest and most desirable products of the 80s and 90s

7 of the coolest things we all wished we owned in the 80s and 90s

British boxer Henry Cooper plays the game frustration, at home with his family, in 1971

9 of the best games of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

These forgotten gadgets from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s were once at the cutting edge of technology and all the rage, but their popularity didn't last

7 forgotten gadgets from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

These were some of the most popular department stores of the 60s and 70s, which are much missed by those who remember shopping there

9 department stores we loved in the 60s and 70s

Fifteen young women in mini skirts wait to board a BMC Mini in July 1966 to break the world record for passengers in a Mini

17 photos capture people living the 60s dream

There are some desserts you'll almost certainly remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

7 desserts we loved in the 70s, 80s and 90s

There were many crazes during the 70s, some of which lasted longer than others

7 crazes you'll only remember if you were around in the 70s

There are some sights and sounds which will transport you straight back to the 70s

9 sights and sounds you'll only remember if you grew up in the 70s

These photos show families enjoying days out around Northern Ireland during the noughties

24 nostalgic photos capture joy of noughties days out around

A coach service run on Sunday nights to take young men from the Forest of Dean to their sweethearts, most of whom are in domestic service in Cheltenham, in 1932

31 atmospheric photos show the UK after dark

There are some things you could do in the 80s and 90s that are no longer possible

7 things that were popular in the 80s and 90s but you can't do anymore

These photos capture life at some of the UK's most famous lost breweries

34 nostalgic photos capture life at UK's lost breweries

There are some bathroom products you'll almost certainly remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

9 bathroom products that cleaned up in the 70s, 80s and 90s

Children using dustbin lids and broomsticks as shields and lances during a game of knights in Liverpool in May 1956

When the streets were our playground

These photos capture the happiest side of the 60s and 70s

28 of the most joyous photos from the 60s and 70s

Many things that seem like they've been around forever didn't exist before the 1950s

9 things it's hard to believe didn't exist in our lives before the 50s

A youngster tucks into a bag of crisps in the 80s

9 of the best lost crisp flavours we once loved

These were some of the best-loved puppets on children's TV in the 80s and 90s

6 of the best-loved children's TV puppets of the 80s and 90s

If you were around in the 60s and 70s, you will remember some of these adverts

30 adverts for popular products you'll remember from the 60s and 70s

People often look back upon the 60s through rose-tinted glasses, but some things really were better back then

6 ways in which the 60s really were better than today

There are many popular myths from the 80s that have been disproved

6 popular myths we grew up believing in the 80s

Popular restaurants around Northern Ireland, and the people who worked there, in the noughties

31 mouthwatering photos show popular restaurants in the noughties

There were plenty of ways for children to keep themselves entertained after school in the 80s

7 after-school activities you'll remember if you grew up in the 80s

There are some things everyone used in the 60s and 70s, yet many people today would struggle to identify

8 things we all used in the 60s and 70s but you rarely see

These were some of the most popular perfumes and aftershaves of the 80s

9 of the most popular 80s perfumes and aftershaves

The contents of a Quality Street tin have changed considerably over the years

11 of the most popular lost sweets from chocolate selection boxes

Many once-popular biscuits have been discontinued or are much harder to find in the shops today

7 forgotten biscuits we once loved

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