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Clacton: Guides leader turns history detective
5:36pm Thursday 28th February 2008
A GIRL Guide leader has turned history detective in her quest to discover about the group's past.
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2:45pm Thursday 10th January 2008
20 years ago: ARGOS, the discount catalogue showroom giants, look set to open a new store in Clacton soon. The multiple retailers confirmed this week that it had been looking at a site in the town but would not say where. According to a spokesman, nothing had yet been finalised. But an advert in the Evening Gazette for a £7,600 job as a deputy manager stated categorically that a new store was opening soon. The new store was described as part of the firm's current major expansion programme.
Walton: Lifeboat rescue anniversary
10:22am Thursday 3rd January 2008
LIFEBOAT crews in Walton have marked the 90th anniversary of one of the largest sea rescues to take place off the east coast.
Breakfast and quilting
3:55pm Monday 8th October 2007
A FORMER Frinton woman returns to the area to give a talk to the Breakfast for Women meeting.
Clacton: medium to appear
9:22am Tuesday 18th September 2007
A MAN with spirit appears at Clacton's Princes Theatre on Thursday (September 20).
From our files: June 28
8:31am Thursday 28th June 2007
90 years ago Preaching on Sunday, the Bishop of Chelmsford said English people never wanted their sailors to descend to the German level of the sinking of the Lusitania, or their soldiers, who were ordered to shoot nurses against a wall.
Do you know hero's family?
10:38am Thursday 14th June 2007
THIS is the face of a solider who gave his life for king and country.
Year's Gone By.....
5:43pm Thursday 7th June 2007
20 YEARS AGO LITTLE Clacton's £7 million bypass could be finished within the next five years.
From our files May 31
9:34am Thursday 31st May 2007
20 years ago A CLACTON pigeon fancier's prize collection was forced to flee the cote after being attacked by a rampaging fox.
From our files: May 24
9:25am Thursday 24th May 2007
20 Years Ago Pirate poser THE pop pirate radio station Laser 558 has quit the airwaves, but whether voluntarily or by force remains a mystery.
National News
Shannon's mum charged with kidnap
Updated 8:07pm Friday 5th September 2008
The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, who went missing for 24 days earlier this year, has been charged with her kidnap and false imprisonment, a court heard.
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Clacton: Support our Christmas lights appeal
WE need your help. Over the last few years Clacton residents have complained over the lack of Christmas lights in the town. Now the Gazette, Dream 100 and Clacton Community Projects have joined forces to try and bring a little festive cheer to the town.
Frinton: Water warning - but fight is called off
A mass water fight on Frinton's Greenward planned for tomorrow has had to be cancelled at the last minute.
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