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20th August 2008: 1988 - 'Courthouse won't close'...then it did.......

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13th August 2008: 1967 - A stream of protests.......

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6th August 2008: 1998 - Oh no...swimming pool plans!.....

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31st July 2008: 1972 - Big row over Dutch civic visit.....

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16th July 2008: 1972 - Further expansion at De Aston school.....

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9th July 2008: 1988 - Sarah's crowned Rose Queen.....

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2nd July 2008: 1960 - Work begins on racecourse stand.....

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25th June 2008: 1990 - De Aston scoops major national award.....

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18th June 2008: 1971 - Girls' big breakthrough.....

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11th June 2008: 1985 - Two die in Otby Top plane crash.....

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4th June 2008: 1964 - Dogs go wild and kill sheep.....

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28th May 2008: 1990 - People railing over allotments for homes sale.....

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21st May 2008: 1972 - West Lindsey's moving story.....

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14th May 2008: 1989 - Young Bill takes the Town reins.....

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7th May 2008: 1965 - Market Rasen sporting teams in winning action.....

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30th April 2008: 1984 - Firefighter's lucky escape after plunge.....

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23rd April 2008: 1944 - Parish chief's reign a worry on home front.....

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9th April 2008: 1975 - Blizzards cause traffic chaos.....

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2nd April 2008: 1987 - Special dinner cements French twinning links.....

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26th March 2008: 1967 - Eager beagles are sounded out for radio broadcast.....

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12th March 2008: 1942 - Farmer found not guilty of stealing seeds.....

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27th February 2008: 1972 - Council rates fall by a penny!.....

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20th February 2008: 1989 - Villagers win fight to stop housing project.....

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13th February 2008: 1962 - The 'Grand Old Man of Rasen' has a nasty fall.....

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6th February 2008: 1989 - Plans called off for prison at Binbrook.....

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16th January 2008: 1961 - Talks underway over bypass link in Rasen.....

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16th January 2008: 1982 - Pair claims policeman
drove his car at them.....

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9th January 2008: 1968 - Firm's task was no pipe dream.....

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21st December 2007: 1974 - Festive bonanza for town traders......

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12th December 2007: 1939 - Flood water pours down old river bed......

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14th November 2007: 1962- Survey says homes are not 'habitable'......

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7th November 2007: 1975 - Major road projects for the Rasen area......

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26th October 2007: 1967 - £68,000 boarding house opens at grammar school!.......

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22th October 2007: 1972 - Boating dream did 'yacht' come true!.......

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19th September 2007: 1966 - Lucky escape as train is derailed.......

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15th August 2007: 1967 - The year it rained for ten days in a row!.......

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1st August 2007: 1967 - Enthusiastic support for Market Rasen's festival.......

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20th July 2007: 1966 - Nationwide postal ;strike hits the area.......

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29th May 2007: 1966 - Racecourse plans clear first hurdle......

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4th April 2007: 1971 - Elton takes yellow brick road to Bernie's big day.......

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6th March 2007: 1982 - Councillors get a hammering for banning saddlery auction.....

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28th February 2007: 1967 - Lucky escape for crew after fire engine flips.......

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21st February 2007: 1923 - Postie struggles as snow drifts to hedgerow tops!...

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14th February 2007: Train fears as crane crashes into bridge....

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7th February 2007: Battle to save Caistor school 1960....

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24th January 2007: Turning Back the Clock to...1957 ....

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17th January 2007: 1971 Big celebrations as new library opens ....

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13th December 2006: 1991 - Festival Hall gets a huge clean-up....

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6th December 2006: 1974 - Strike action leads to bread shortages....

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29th November 2006: 1960 - Hard labour for man who bit off his foreman's ear....

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15th November 2006: 1960 - Concern over poppy apathy....

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1st November 2006: 1978 - Why there's a gap in Church Street....

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25th October 2006: 1973 - Opening of St John HQ was momentous....

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11th October 2006: 1959 -Kimball wizard!....

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6th September 2006: 1974 - Arsenal keeper visited Rasen for christening....

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31th August 2006: 1936 - Rasen's beauties were proving shy....

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17th August 2006: 1955- Were you a member of this cricket club?....

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9th August 2006: 1971- Peter raises alarm as flat catches fire....

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2nd August 2006: 1981- Party celebrations for Charles and Di....

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27th July 2006: 1969 - Youth club plays host to French visitors....

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18th July 2006: 1982 - Bain's sporting domination ended by Ancholme athletes...

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12th July 2006: 1989 - Film stars fly into Binbrook...

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5th July 2006: 1953 - £650 bungalows would ease housing shortage...

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29th June 2006: Battle of the Somme - 90th anniversary Rasen lads died on worst day ever for British Army...

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29th June 2006: 1963 - Final service as Rasen Methodist church closes...

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13th June 2006: 1993 - Youth club lobbies MP....

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5th June 2006: 1967 - New parking for town...

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1st June 2006: 1984 - Major demoliton job on cottages gets underway....

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23th May 2006: 1968 - Not on your Nellie! Mrs Owen puts up fight over cottages....

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16th May 2006: Racecourse tragedy claims jockey's life....

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11th May 2006: 1966 - Osgodby Top crash claims lorry driver's life...

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8th ;May 2006: 1981 - Flooding havoc hits area...

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26th April 2006: No mention of the Royal baby, but John is fined for begging on street...

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19th April 2006: The war was over -but rationing wasn't...

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13th April 2006: Huge crowd atAll Stars game...

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30th March 2006: The day Rasen rock and rolled to Bill Haley's tune!....

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23rd March 2006: Teachers on strike in pay rise battle....

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15th March 2006: Much pride in Limber Hill's golden touch...

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Dance to save choral society

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Market Rasen's Town hall to become Co-op supermarket

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