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  1993: A memorial stone was erected by the Metropolitan Police in memory of Det Con John Fordham who was stabbed to death by Kenneth Noye, in January 1985, in the grounds of Noye’s home at West Kingsdown. Noye was later acquitted, after claiming he acted in self-defence.
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  If you have visited the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, then you would have seen the famous, wrinkle-free overstuffed walrus which has been on display since it arrived in 1901.
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           <title>Spare a thought for Tom Thornton and his Beckenham newspaper campaigns</title>
           
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  BOB OGLEY finds out about the crusading campaigns of Tom Thornton.
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           <title>St Paul’s Cray recycling plant fire prompts look at area’s history of raging infernos</title>
           
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  BOB OGLEY finds out about the area’s history of raging infernos.
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  1973: A young Bromley student turned pop star returned in triumph from a world tour.
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           <title>Why is it River Darent but the Darenth valley?</title>
           
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  WHY is the river called The Darent and the valley through which it runs The Darenth?
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           <title>Was writer Enid Blyton a scheming adulteress?</title>
           
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  BOB OGLEY finds out about the claims Enid Blyton had a dark side.
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  1988: The government announced construction would begin on Canary Wharf, located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs.
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           <title>Remembering glamorous County Ball at Royal Bell Hotel in Bromley</title>
           
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  A good friend, David Alston from Shortlands, is a man who knows his local history and often reminds me of an approaching anniversary.
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           <title>Gravesend, Erith and Belvedere flood victims meet Queen</title>
           
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  Don Talbot, from Gravesend, reminds me in an email of the Queen’s visit to Gravesend, Erith and Belvedere in the wake of the 1953 tidal surge, which left hundreds of people homeless.
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  1983: The giant Thames Flood Barrier, built by the GLC at a cost of £460m, was lifted for the first time following a flood alert. The barrier would be officially opened by the Queen the following year.
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           <title>Recalling Orpington by-election shock of 1962</title>
           
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  THE Liberal Democrat party is not enjoying its finest hour.
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           <title>Singer Dorothy Squires' turbulent life: Her marriage to Roger Moore and fire at Bexley home</title>
           
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  BOB OGLEY looks back at the turbulent life of singer Dorothy Squires.
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           <title>Nostalgia: Bob Ogley looks back 25, 50 and 100 years ago</title>
           
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  1988: The National Union of Seamen supported a strike by ferry workers at Dover, airports were hit by flight delays due to strikes on the continent and there were 120 million undelivered letters due to a strike by postmen over bonuses.
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           <title>Race against time after Thames Estuary floods of 1953</title>
           
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  Historian BOB OGLEY has had letters from readers sharing their memories of the floods in February 1953.
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           <title>News Shopper celebrates publishing 2,500th edition of newspaper</title>
           
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  THIS is a momentous day in News Shopper’s history as we publish our 2,500th edition.
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           <title>Nostalgia: Bob Ogley looks back 50, 60 and 100 years ago</title>
           
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  1963: Attempts are made to float a preservation company and re-open the railway line between Westerham and the main line at Dunton Green.
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           <title>Readers share memories of winter 1963 in south London and Kent</title>
           
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  Mr article on News Shopper on January 9 about the long, cold winter of 1963 has prompted a few memories.
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           <title>Sandhurst School WW2 bombing in Catford remembered</title>
           
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  Historian BOB OGLEY looks back at the Sandhurst School bombing during the Second World War.
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           <title>Photo of Erith Burndept’s factory before Second World War bombing</title>
           
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  THIS historic photograph is thought to be a thriving Erith factory before it was bombed during the Second World War.
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           <title>Remembering the Thames Estuary floods of 1953</title>
           
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  The storms of 1953 caused much more damage than the 1987 hurricane. BOB OGLEY recalls the floods.
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  1913: After the takeover of the National Telephone Company by the Post Office, new tall ‘H-poles’ are established on trunk roads throughout Kent.
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           <title>An introduction to Bob Ogley's SE London and Kent nostalgia column</title>
           
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  THIS is a great privilege. News Shopper’s editor has invited me to take an occasional journey back into that magical world which we know as nostalgia.
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           <title>How Dr Richard Beeching's rail cuts of 1963 sparked uproar</title>
           
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  SOME readers will remember the man pictured. His name was Dr Richard Beeching and 50 years ago, as chairman of British Railways, he began to compile a report on the future of the country’s cherished railway network.
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           <title>Nostalgia: 50 and 100 years ago in SE London and north Kent</title>
           
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  1913: Pioneering pilot Leslie Macdonald and his mechanic, Harry English, died from their injuries after crashing into the River Thames.
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           <title>Coldest winter in SE London and north Kent recalled</title>
           
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  A FEW weeks ago I was giving a talk in Orpington and asked my audience to name the coldest winter of the 20th century.
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