Memory Lane

Radio Oxford DJ Phil Rapps, congratulates Franklyn Hughes, winner of the DJ contest, Dave Mundy (right) came second and Greg Parrott (centre) came third

Remember When: Disco stars did battle at Westgate nightclub

Remember When: Excitement built over new town leisure centre

Remember When: Filthy Traveller site branded 'absolute disgrace'

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Remember When: Children had to flee falling tree

Remember When: German dancers surprised Oxford shoppers

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Remember When: School was gutted by arson attack

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Remember When The Oxford Story closed?

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Remember When: Morris men danced through the flood

Remember When: You could have a cup of tea with your fish and chips

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Remember a time before Donnington Bridge?

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Remember When: Pair's plot won city allotment contest

Remember When: Protesters marched against refugee camp battle

Remember When: Oxford Playhouse sold its whacky props

Remember When: Flooded football pitch offers an oar-some experience

Remember When: Building Windrush Tower led to 'high rise' debate

Remember When - They changed the bus station in Oxford and people got confused

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Remember When: 12th century vault uncovered in Oxford

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Remember when someone wrote a poem to complain to the council?

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

Team planting 300 trees to fight floods

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

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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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