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Barnet Borough Times 25th anniversary

Celebrating 25 years of the Barnet Borough Times

Things have certainly changed in the past 25 years for the Barnet Times, and embracing new technology has helped us bring you the news as it happens. However, our ethos remains the same — not to sensationalise and trivialise, but to be a proper grassroots community newspaper that tells the truth with stories that matter to the community.

Enter our fantastic reader competition

3:27pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes in our Barnet Times 25th Anniversary competition.

Quality without a price

12:38pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Welcome to our celebration of 25 years of the Barnet & Potters Bar Times.

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In the beginning

12:47pm Friday 22nd January 2010

There were two personal highlights in my 17 years as group editor of the Times Series — proudly presiding over the 100th anniversary edition of the paper in 1975 and launching the Barnet Borough Times 25 years ago.

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A decent place for all

1:07pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Leader of Barnet Council, Lynne Hillan, says the borough has always been a strong community.

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Good times for property firm

1:11pm Friday 22nd January 2010

ESTATE agent to the stars, Statons was established in the same year as the Barnet Borough Times which carried the fledgling firm’s first advert.

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The way we were in 1985

1:17pm Friday 22nd January 2010

In 1985, Barnet’s population was more than 306,000. Today’s population of more than 334,000 is likely to rise faster over the next decade, with a predicted rise to over 366,000.

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Where are you now?

1:38pm Friday 22nd January 2010

We’ve been trawling through our picture archives from 25 years ago and would love to know whether you can identify the little boy, with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a Tory Christmas fair on November 9, 1985, or the models, at a fashion show held in Potters Bar, on September 18, 1985.