Recognise any familiar faces from Powys life in the 1940s?

Today we venture back to the 1940s to offer a handful of gems from our archive which cast some light on what was making the news in Powys during the decade.

As ever we encourage all readers to share their own pictures from the past by emailing gavin.grosvenor@newsquest.co.uk today and to join our Facebook group Powys in the Past.

Welshpool Home Guard members pictured during the early 1940s. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor)

OTHER NEWS:

• Police force apologises to family of man who died in Powys train crash
• New £49m Powys 'super-school' given go-ahead by council
• Police name two men who died in motorcycle crash on A40 near Powys

Land army members in Gungrog in Welshpool during the 1940s. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor) Friends at Bodfach Park in Llanfyllin in 1946. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor) Newtown Church Guild members at the Rectory in 1947. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor) Welshpool County School boys football team line up in 1947. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor) Jennifer Turner and her horse Joey led Llanidloes Carnival in 1948. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor) Forden, Belan and Leighton Home Guard pictured in the early 1940s. (Image: Gavin Grosvenor)