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Shirley remembers the bomber crash

4:00pm Wednesday 21st October 2009

VILLAGERS have been sharing their memories of a devastating plane crash which killed five US airmen at the end of the Second World War.

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How a Benfleet snapper made Jo Wood famous

10:00pm Friday 16th October 2009

THE year is 1972, and an ambitious 17-year-old model is just embarking on what will turn out to be a stellar career, although she could hardly have guessed what a roller-coaster ride lay in store.

Making music has been Roy’s life

10:00pm Friday 16th October 2009

HEFTY, solid and with its bottom end firmly grounded, the double bass is an instrument built to last, and so, to judge by Roy Dowling, are the people who play it.

Feelgood factor hits big screen

11:50am Wednesday 30th September 2009

AS dozens of fancy Londoners gathered to watch the premiere of Oil City Confidential, they had their senses beaten out of them, just like when Dr Feelgood first hit the capital’s music scene 35 years ago.

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Tragedy during a fun night aboard

9:00pm Thursday 24th September 2009

TRAGEDY and terror seem a long way from the jolly world of paddle-steamers. Their working lives were spent hugging the land, seemingly exempt from the dangers of the open sea.