Memory Lane

Shoppers in Queen Street 1979

Remember When: Shoppers raced to beat the VAT increase in 1979

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Eagle-eyed reader solves mystery from our archives

Remember When: Archbishop of Canterbury came to Oxford

Remember When: Witney's youth marched through the town centre

Remember When: Italian city became Abingdon's fourth 'twin town'

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Team planting 300 trees to fight floods

Remember When - Oxford city prison found underneath car park

Remember When: Darth Vader popped into the Randolph Hotel

Remember When: Rubbish from hospital was piled high on the streets

Remember When: Didcot couple made dartboards out of politicians' faces

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Remember When: OX5 was cancelled after heavy snow

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Theresa May's father - local vicar who was killed in a crash on way to church

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Remember When - Allotment holder vigilantes took on the potato vandals

Remember When - Oxford company Twinings opened its tea shop

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Remember When: Teenagers enjoyed World Cup trip of a lifetime

REMEMBER WHEN: Cybermen came to Oxford for Doctor Who anniversary

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Remember When - Film's artificial snow killed the grass outside Racliffe Camera

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Remember When - the council found a 20ft hole in Queen Street

Remember When: Murder clue found near hospital...

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Remember When: Magdalen College gave its organ away free

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Remember When: School pupils got police escort through town

Remember When: Toy-makers walked out after sackings

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Remember When motorist tried to sway traffic warden with rose

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Remember When: David Coulthard signed for Didcot team

Remember When: Jeremy Corbyn and Robert Kilroy-Silk 'nearly' had a fight

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Remember When: The Post Office had to unscramble anagram addresses

Remember When: Residents built a wall to make Dents Close great again

Remember When snow covered Port Meadow

Remember When people lined St Aldate's to get their pensions

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Remember When Didcot's hoop sculpture failed to impress

Remember When this pub's gigs were cancelled due to noise complaints

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Remember When Oxford's first traffic wardens started work

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Remember When - bomb scare in Queen Street

Remember when: Nine women won awards in the Lord Mayor's parlour

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

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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

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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