2005
* Graham Rix, regarded by many as one of the worst managers in Oxford United’s history, has left the club, chairman Firoz Kassam announced.
* A boozed-up burglar from Didcot broke into a Swindon cafe to raid the drinks cabinet, then called police when he got stuck in a window as he tried to escape.
1995
* Up to a dozen former Lord Mayors of Oxford are travelling to London to call for one council, instead of two, to run all services in the city.
* Hard times have brought the kiss of death to the once-booming kissogram industry in Oxfordshire – only one of the seven firms in the county is still in business.
1985
* Children missed lessons at 10 Oxfordshire schools because of a three-day stoppage over pay by members of the National Union of Teachers.
* British Rail’s Western Region has the worst time-keeping record in the country, according to the Government, but rail officials dispute the figures.
1975
* Snow fell in much of Oxfordshire during the night, and a white Easter is a distinct possibility, according to weather forecasters.
* Canon DK Stather Hunt is retiring after 46 years as vicar of St Matthew’s Church in South Oxford and chaplain of Oxford Prison.
1965
* Schoolgirls in Oxfordshire have been warned not to wear fashionable shoes with pointed toes except on their ‘big nights out’ – they risk having deformed feet in later life.
* Sales of the Cowley-built Morris Minor are approaching 1½m after 17 years, and there is still no sign of demand for the popular car drying up.
1955
* Coal is now so scarce that dozens of Oxford merchants have run out of supplies, and the position shows no sign of getting better.
* Members of the Oxford and District Grocers’ Association are concerned at the growing number of mobile shops and are calling for new laws to control them.
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