A LOOK into the Gazette and Essex County Standard archives has uncovered dozens of pictures from Colchester's past.

We've put together a gallery including as many faces as possible from sports teams to sea cadets, dancers to school teachers to wedding parties, to show how the people of Colchester looked through the ages.

We'd love to know if you can spot anyone you recognise - perhaps a family member, an old teacher or even a familiar place that hasn't changed over the decades.

Leave your comments below, or if you have your own old pictures to share, send us an email gazette.letters@nqe.com.