WELCOME to our weekly trip through the corridors of time as we take you all the way back to 1974.

The year is marked by the Three-Day Week, two general elections, a state of emergency in Northern Ireland, extensive Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing of the British mainland, several large company collapses and major local government reorganisation.

Meanwhile Chirk Cricket Club lined up for the new season while Middleton Road School in Oswestry held a school nativity.

A team for the local round of ‘Call my Bluff’ enjoyed success while Once Upon A Time moved to a new premises in Oswestry Market Hall.

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: 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: WBy19 Wrexham Bygones Chirk Cricket team 1974

Chirk Cricket Club in 1974.

Border Counties Advertizer: Heather Anderson, from Once Upon A Time, in Oswestry Market Hall, celebrated 40 years o0f beiong based in the market. The shop was started by her mother in 1972, moved to its current position in 1974 and was passed to Heather in 1976. Presnting flowers

Once Upon A Time staff at Oswestry Market Hall in 1974.