Memory Lane

Recycling paper mountain in 1990 at Ferry Pool car park in Summertown

Remember When - A recycling mountain took over Oxford car park

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Remember When: Police strapped dog kennel to a helicopter for aerial pursuits

Remember When: 24-hour darts marathon helped buy a lifeboat

Remember When: Oxfordshire school kids send home-made balloon up into the air

Remember When: Wallingford celebrates the relaunch of its Royal British Legion branch

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Remember When: Pubs faced off in charity tug-of-war

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REMEMBER WHEN: A fish and chip shop wrote 'an ode to a traffic warden'

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Remember When: Confusion surrounds 1926 General Strike announcement

Remember When: Why did the cygnet cross the road?..

Remember When: Commuters were welcomed to 'Carbon MonOxford'

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Sex shop protest: Remember when Oxford said 'down with this sort of thing'?

Remember When: Cobbles outside Oxford Station had to be relayed after being 'too cobbly'

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Remember When: Witney's ancient elm tree was removed

Remember When: Ace airmen take to skies with aerobatics display

Remember When: Protesters gathered at Cowley Road sex shop

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Remember When: Past and present celebrated in school's 100th year

Remember When: Headington lads made the national youth brass band

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Remember When - Police crackdown on Cowley Road pavement stalls

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Remember When: A mechanical sweeper made in Cowley helped keep Britain tidy

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Remember When: Council called for £11k fix to parking problems

Remember When: St Aldate's shop front collapsed into the street

Remember When: RAF team rode through town on the Goodies' bicycle

Remember When: Oxford Union voted 'not to fight for King and Country'

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Remember when: Oxford cafe celebrated the humble cabbage

Remember when: Pupils benefitted from Charlbury Beer Festival

Remember When: Rees Mogg competed for a bottle of Champagne

Remember when: Couple fight for place in dominoes championship

Remember when: Cyclists told to report potholes by postcard

Remember When - 1,000 year old skeletons found while digging drain

REMEMBER WHEN - Oxford fast food vans accused of 'encouraging street violence'

REMEMBER WHEN - Bomb hoax sparks evacuation at Oxford fuel depot

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REMEMBER WHEN - Graduating nurses in the 60's were given some dubious life lessons

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Remember When - Blenheim Palace used to be free to enter

Remember When: Bicester sports club raised a glass to Trophy Bar opening

Remember when: Oxford resident got so fed up of lorries he set up blockade

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Remember When: Young entrepreneurs staged pop-up shop in 1980

Remember When: Walls in Headington were repaired the old-fashioned way?

Remember When: Lorry blocked pavement and trapped residents in homes

Remember When: Family hold rent strike after being forced to live in park hut

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Remember When: Contractors left 'wall of mess' outside Headington shops

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Salesian College's young actors made a good impression on the critics

MEMORY LANE: The day a steward pulled the plug on superstar Mal Ryder

Cutteslowe pupils had a splashing time in new pool in 1965's Indian summer

Remember When: High-tech thief stole £13,903 worth of computers

Remember When - a new traffic calming measure was given a 'dummy run'

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Remember When: Police launched campaign to stop festive thieves

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REMEMBER WHEN: A34 becomes 'an ice rink' after gritting ban

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MEMORY LANE: Drunkenness out of control when Oxford's pubs opened all night

MEMORY LANE: Teacher who put Gosford Hill on path to sporting glory

MEMORY LANE: Tales of drunkenness from the 1800s

MEMORY LANE: Teachers on the streets to march against budget cuts

Remember When: Peter Reed dazzled the crowds with his Twist and Shout

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Remember When: Richard Nixon came to Oxford after Watergate

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