WELCOME to another trip through the corridors of time as we venture back as far as 1994.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the British ice-dancing championship at the Sheffield Arena.

The Channel Tunnel, a 51 km long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover, officially opened.

Meanwhile Wet Wet Wet's cover of the song Love Is All Around, as featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart, the longest spell ever attained by a British act.

Lidl, a German discount food supermarket chain, opened its first 10 stores in Britain.

British Coal confirmed the closure of four more pits, a move which claimed some 3,000 jobs while 0.5 per cent of the UK population (approximately 300,000 people) had access to the internet – five times as many people as in 1990.

Meanwhile life in Oswestry and the borders continued.

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Border Counties Advertizer: Bellan House School cooking up a meal in the Kitchen 1994

Bellan House School cooking up a meal in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: The Halifax building society raised £500 for the St John's Ambulance 1994

The Halifax Building Society raised £500 for the St John's Ambulance in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Fun activities at Oswetry Leisure Centre 1994

Fun activities at Oswestry Leisure Centre in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Tap dancing class 1994

An Oswestry tap dancing class in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Oswestry Ladies British Legion Cup 1994

Oswestry Ladies British Legion Cup in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Fun activities at Oswetry Leisure Centre oooarrghhh - there be pirates! 1994

Fun activities at Oswestry Leisure Centre in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Dudleston Heath Bulb Show 1994

Dudleston Heath Bulb Show in 1994.

Border Counties Advertizer: Tony Jones outside Gobowen Communications on his Zbike 1994

Tony Jones outside Gobowen Communications on his Zbike in 1994