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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Mystery saviour set to buy crisis-torn Newport County in £250k takeover

2:53pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

100 YEARS AGO: Unrest at revised tram fares; 50 YEARS AGO: Dramatic escapes as coal lorry runs out of control; 25 YEARS AGO: Mystery saviour looked set to buy crisis-torn Newport County in a £250k takeover

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THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: Speeding Ebbw Vale motorcyclist was 'danger to pedestrians' at 15mph

1:30pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

100 YEARS AGO: Speeding Ebbw Vale motorcyclist was 'danger to pedestrians' at 15mph; 50 YEARS AGO: 'By 1980 Newport would need a fourth bridge across the River Usk'; 25 YEARS AGO: Llantarnam by-pass would have 'horrendous' effect on Brynglas

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FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: French win denies Welsh grand slam

4:40pm Tuesday 19th March 2013

100 YEARS AGO: Terrible weather with snow, lightning and thunder bringing motor cars to a standstill; 50 YEARS AGO: A syndicate of furniture shop owners and managers including several from Newport, won £100,000 on a Littlewoods pools coupon; ; 25 YEARS AGO: Wales' grand slam bid failed when France win 10-9 at the National Stadium in Cardiff. Wales and France shared the title

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Plan to create Gwent from existing county of Monmouthshire

4:38pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

100 YEARS AGO: Monmouthshire was in mourning as the death of Viscount Tredegar, Godfrey Charles Morgan was announced; 50 YEARS AGO: Plan to create Gwent from existing county of Monmouthshire; 25 YEARS AGO: Private developers considering major redevelopment for John Frost Square

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Suffragettes cut signal wire between Llantarnam and Ponthir

5:20pm Tuesday 26th February 2013

100 YEARS AGO: Suffragettes cut signal wire between Llantarnam and Ponthir - 50 YEARS AGO: Water rationing was extended to 60 per cent of the population in the area of the Abertillery 25 YEARS AGO: £20k rescue mission for Gwent holidaymakers stranded in Tenerife

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Newport’s first multi-storey flats planned

3:05pm Tuesday 8th January 2013

100 YEARS AGO - A record 3,000 tons of coal in seven hours was loaded onto a ship in Alexandra Dock; 50 YEARS AGO - Newport’s first multi-storey flats planned for Ringland; 25 YEARS AGO - Islwyn’s only cinema, The Maxime in Blackwood, was due to close

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Pontypool vicar banned from entering his church

3:40pm Tuesday 11th December 2012

100 YEARS AGO - Pontypool vicar banned from entering his church; 50 YEARS AGO - Tenders invited for bridge to carry the London-South Wales motorway across the River Wye and the Beachley peninsula; 25 YEARS AGO - Policewoman back at work after being stabbed in Abergavenny Police Station

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Tom Jones fans angered after three hour wait for show at Top Hat, Cwmtillery

3:20pm Tuesday 4th December 2012

100 YEARS AGO - Lecture given on ‘The City of the Future’; 50 YEARS AGO - £2 million improvements at Ebbw Vale works; 25 YEARS AGO - Tom Jones fans angered after waiting three hours for his show at the Top Hat, Cwmtillery

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Man thrown into canal at Rogerstone over affair

3:20pm Tuesday 27th November 2012

100 YEARS AGO: Man arrested after throwing lighted gas lamp at a woman in Newport; 50 YEARS AGO: Newport faced Christmas with 1,000 men unemployed; 25 YEARS AGO: Dentists and opticians slam plans to scrap free eye and dental checks

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Work at Six Bells Colliery stops over sacking of 'malicious hoaxer'

2:20pm Tuesday 20th November 2012

100 YEARS AGO - Newport headteacher’s wage rises to £250 per year; 50 YEARS AGO - Govt turns down mammoth dry dock plan in Newport; 25 YEARS AGO - Work at Six Bells Colliery stops over sacking of 'malicious hoaxer'

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