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Southampton Corporation found not guilty of negligence

6:03pm Thursday 16th May 2013

SOMEONE rang the bell, the tram shuddered to a halt and a passenger was found lying sprawled on the pavement.

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Looking back at Southampton's car sales boom of 1963

11:54am Wednesday 15th May 2013

Exactly half a century ago to the day Southampton was enjoying something of a boom period in car sales with local showrooms having trouble keeping up with demand.

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Echo reporter remembers when he met with Ray Harryhausen

11:43am Wednesday 15th May 2013

Visual effects genius Ray Harryhausen, who died this week, was one of the greats of Hollywood. Keith Hamilton remembers the stopmotion pioneer – and the surprising contents of his jacket pocket...

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Southampton was vital in preparing for World War II

11:33am Wednesday 15th May 2013

The start of the Second World was still more than two years in the future, but Southampton was set to play a key role in preparing the nation for conflict.

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World's biggest flying-boat launched in Calshot

11:07am Wednesday 15th May 2013

IT was December, 1951 when the Daily Echo scooped every other newspaper by being the first to publish a photograph of the world’s biggest flying-boat.

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Girl Guides welcome Lady Baden-Powell to Alrresford

10:56am Wednesday 15th May 2013

It was October 1932 and more than 100 Girl Guides of all ranks and drawn from across Hampshire cheered the Chief “Guider”, Lady Baden-Powell, who was visiting Alresford.

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Shoemaker’s love of prison

4:46pm Thursday 9th May 2013

FRANK Bryan enjoyed prison so much he kept on committing crimes in order to return there.

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Rownhams House - a 'little oasis'

11:00am Saturday 27th April 2013

Sally Churchward takes a tour of one of Southampton’s remaining country mansions

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Southampton's dark and dangerous back street

5:01pm Monday 8th April 2013

THESE days it is a quiet byway, tucked away from the busy streets of 21st century Southampton, but there was a time when Simnel Street was packed with desperate families, and an area where few wandered on their own.

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Southampton's first ever roundabout

4:22pm Friday 5th April 2013

THE newfangled road system had Southampton drivers going around and around in circles.

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Living in the pub with no beer

3:57pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

IN downtown Southampton the paint was peeling and flaking on the old Electric Arms beer-house, the wallpaper was stained by damp and upstairs the plaster had fallen from the walls and ceiling.

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Simple fruit brings a smile during war

1:29pm Thursday 28th March 2013

HAMPSHIRE’S 21st century shoppers find it difficult to appreciate just how hard it was at the time of rationing in the Second World War and during the years which followed the return of peace.

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Press gangs made people vanish from the streets of Southampton

12:17pm Thursday 28th March 2013

EVERY community has its tales about local people who in earlier, less sensitive times, would be referred to as “not all there” and Southampton was no exception.

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Alfred the Great timeline

5:03pm Tuesday 26th March 2013

Alfred: timeline

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The day a meteor lit up the Hampshire sky

11:55am Wednesday 20th March 2013

STREAKING across the sky like a ball of pale green fire, a meteor caused quite a stir in Hampshire in the spring of 1891.

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