YOUNGSTERS protested when they heard the town’s new shopping centre would be built on their recreation ground. Armed with placards, they demonstrated outside the town hall as councillors arrived to discuss the plans in 1987.

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Gail Mills got to grips with the climbing wall in 1990

ARCHERY, abseiling and skiing were among activities at a three-day adventure weekend attended by 250 Scouts and Guides in the town in 1990. Gail Mills, 21, shows plenty of bravery on the climbing wall.

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Victoria Brearley, two, pictured with Carole Innes enjoys some make-believe play

PLAYGROUPS, women’s groups and crèches showed how they could help families at a festival in St John’s Church hall in 1990. Victoria Brearley, two, pictured with Carole Innes, shows she already knows how to handle a teapot.

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