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1) The condition was that the guardian did the whipping in front of the bench before he was taken home.

2) The council wanted to become a borough council.

3) It went from Hinckley to Stoke Golding but was little used. 4) Harrowbrook Industrial Estate. 5) 1961

6) Hinckley’s Northern Perimeter Road linking Ashby Road with the A47.

7) It was a tank from the First World War

8) 2,587 homes were planned

9) A new bus station which is still there today.

10) The town’s Christmas tree. Different councillors wanted them in many didferent towns and areas promoting others to say “I’d like to see a tree in every street.”

11) Hinckley’s first lady school crossing warden

12) , Private Fraser in ‘Dad’s Army,’ 13) Presto Food

14) Gopsall Hall

15) 1978

16) 1966

17) Tesco

18) Ray Rearden

19) Frank Bruno

20) 1975