THE County Times is fully flexing the proverbial flex capacitor this week as we go all the way back to the 1940s.

Life in Montgomeryshire's principal town, Newtown, had been upended by the outbreak of the Second World War the previous year and Geoff Charles, photographer of the Montgomeryshire Express documented the times.

These fascinating pictures show what Newtown was like during the Second World War and while many of those photographed are sadly long gone, their images belong to the ages thanks to the hard work of their local newspaper snapper.

County Times: Source Anne Adams, Newtown, with a sick swan in 1953. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

Anne Adams, Newtown, with a sick swan in 1953. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

County Times: Tweed making at the Leach family woollen mill at Mochdre in 1940. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

Tweed making at the Leach family woollen mill at Mochdre in 1940. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

County Times: Boys of the Newtown Scout troop collecting waste paper in 1939. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

Boys of the Newtown Scout troop collecting waste paper in 1939. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

County Times: Newtown Bowling Club ladies in Welshpool. Picture: Wiki Commons.

Newtown Ladies' Bowling Team beat Welshpool ladies at Welshpool in 1939. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

County Times: The dog rescued from Melinygloch mine at Bwlch-y-ffridd, Newtown by Inspector T.E. Rees RSPCA in 1941. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

The dog rescued from Melinygloch mine at Bwlch-y-ffridd, Newtown by Inspector T.E. Rees RSPCA in 1941. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

County Times: War-time food and cookery demonstrations at Messrs D. R. Davies, Ironmongery Shop, Newtown in 1940. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.

War-time food and cookery demonstrations at Messrs D. R. Davies, Ironmongery Shop, Newtown in 1940. Picture: Geoff Charles Collection/NLW.