A FASCINATING collection of images show how much life has changed in Andover in the past 150 years.

From going through two world wars to numerous societal changes, the town has seen an awful lot.

The Advertiser has been reporting on Andover since our paper was founded in 1858, with the earliest known population recorded a few decades later in 1885 as 5,852 people.

The images, digitised by Hampshire Cultural Trust and available to view online, give a snapshot into the past lives of our forefathers and sisters.

A portrait of a six-year-old Master Brooks shows just how much childhood fashions have changed. Wearing a buttoned-down jacket, with his hair neatly brushed and with crisp-white socks, this youngster looks smart.

In another, a photographer caught the Hopkins family outside the Black Swan pub on the high street in Monxton. The year is dated 1907 or 1908. In the image, the pub stands proud before the trio, holding their bikes.

Sadly in recent times, the villagers of Monxton have lost their pub and it now stands empty after it was permanently closed.

Other photos so Bridge Street and the High Street in Andover, the latter of which reassuringly shows little has changed.

To view the images, visit hampshireculturaltrust.org.