An RAF glider caused a scene when it came down on the playing fields of Market Harborough Grammar School, which is now Robert Smyth Academy, in April 1965.

This river cruiser was safely squeezed through the streets of Harborough in June 1981.

Peter Kerr, managing director of Harborough-based MRM, shows off technology that was set to ‘revolutionise’ the way we watched TV back in 2000.

A look back at what was making the headlines ten, 25 and fifty years ago this week (May 16, 2013)

A look back at what was making the headlines ten, 25 and fifty years ago this week (May 9, 2013)

Anyone who thinks traffic congestion in Harborough town centre is a modern problem should take a look at this photo from June 1951.

Harry Foster is pictured in the canalside garden of his home in Harborough in August 1962.

The darts team from The Bell Inn in Burton Overy are presented with the Market Harborough and District Darts League Hospital Cup in this photo from April 1972.

A look back at what was making the headlines ten, 25 and fifty years ago this week (May 2, 2013)

A look back at what was making the headlines ten, 25 and fifty years ago this week (April 25, 2013)

Players from Market Harborough Grammar School’s under 13s football team are pictured here in 1963.

Members of Market Harborough Ladies’ Swimming Club are pictured ahead of their annual gala at the town baths in this photograph from the Mail in September 1966.

One of Harborough’s best-known landmarks, the low rail bridge over Kettering Road, was demolished in October 1987.

The grandson of Hallaton’s former sub-postmaster will open a new post office exhibition at the village museum.

Boating memories will be shared by canal enthusiasts at a meeting next Friday, April 26.

Deborah Thomas of Lubenham brought in this newspaper clipping from 1967 about the filming in Theddingworth of the film Robbery.

This photo, believed to have been taken in the 1970s, shows the extent to which Harborough town centre has changed in recent years.