THE new decade is likely to replace the 1970s as Britain's worst since the end of the Second World War.

Certainly the global pandemic, two years of lockdowns and the division surrounding the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union have each made the 2020s thoroughly miserable.

However those who endured the 1970s would be the first to tell you that particularly decade was particular tough.

They began with massive trade union stoppages against Edward Heath’s Industrial Relations Act and continued with the financial crisis of the IMF and ended with the ‘Winter of Discontent’ when unparalleled strikes, official and unofficial, crippled the country.

It was not all doom and gloom however and the Tizer has trawled through the archive to share some pictures from the 1970s.

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Border Counties Advertizer: Fancy Dress at the Highwayman in 1970.

Fancy Dress at the Highwayman in 1970.

Border Counties Advertizer: Fancy Dress at the Highwayman 1970

Fancy Dress at the Highwayman in 1970.

Border Counties Advertizer: North West Shropshire Area Boys sports day May 1970

North West Shropshire Area Boys sports day at Park Hall in 1970.

Border Counties Advertizer: It's a knockout Cae Glas Park 1970

It's a Knockout at Cae Glas Park in 1970.

Border Counties Advertizer: Oswestry Advertiser Bowls competition August 1970

Oswestry Advertiser Bowls competition in 1970.

Border Counties Advertizer: Morda cheese and wine evening 1972

Morda cheese and wine evening in 1972.

Border Counties Advertizer: Oswestry bygones osby5 The Seekers Jazz band from Oswestry on parade 1972

The Seekers Jazz band from Oswestry on parade in 1972.

Border Counties Advertizer: est Felton Playgroup December 1972

West Felton Playgroup in 1972.

Border Counties Advertizer: Children from middleton Road School, Oswestry, at their nativity play in 1974.

Children from Middleton Road School, Oswestry, at their Nativity play in 1974.

Border Counties Advertizer: A team from a local round of "Call My Bluff" in Oswestry in 1974.

A team from a local round of Call My Bluff in Oswestry in 1974.

Border Counties Advertizer: Oswestry Operatic society 1975

Oswestry Operatic Society in 1975.

Border Counties Advertizer: All the fun of the fair 1975

All the fun of the fair in 1975.

Border Counties Advertizer: The re-opening of The Regal cinema, Oswestry, in 1976

The re-opening of The Regal cinema, Oswestry, in 1976

Border Counties Advertizer: Oswestry Town FC December 1976

Oswestry Town FC in 1976.

Border Counties Advertizer: Middleton Road School pupils with jubille mugs June 1977

Middleton Road School pupils with jubilee mugs in 1977.

Border Counties Advertizer: Memebers of Oswestry Otters have a Christmas party in December 1979.

Memebers of Oswestry Otters enjoy a Christmas party in December 1979.