We've been rifling through our archives to find the best stories which made the headlines in 1992.

From a bus crash, to a rave, huge football win and much, much more, these should bring back a few memories.

Wimborne win at Wembley

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Players and fans celebrate FA Vase win at Wembley

Wimborne Town football team became the first Dorset football team to appear at Wembley, beating Guiseley 5-3 in the FA Vase final in March 1992. 

Did you go to Wembley to see the match?

End of an Era

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Clive Cradick administers the last rites to Dean Park

Hampshire announced they will be leaving Dean Park at the end of the season, bringing to an end almost a century of county cricket in Bournemouth.

Many great players graced the ground over the years, including Barry Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Roy Marshall, David Gower, and Malcolm Marshall.

The pavilion dated back to 1902 and the changing room facilities were not up to scratch for first-class cricket

Did you watch Hampshire play at Dean Park back then?

 A close call

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Twenty-five passengers have a miraculous escape when a double-decker bus crashed into a pedestrian subway at Fleetsbridge, Poole in June 1992.


Roof fire at Dorset stately house

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Fire fighters salvage the contents of Dorset's 15th-century Athelhampton House, which was ravaged by fire in November 1992.

NEWS IN BRIEF

  • Around 12,000 ravers turn up at Matchams Park - with only 8,000 allowed by the courts. Police arrested 50 people for drug offences.
  • Cherries' longest-serving manager Harry Redknapp resigns after nine years in the Dean Court hot seat.
  • Bournemouth man Justin Daniels becomes one of Britain's most eligible bachelors by scooping 2.2 million on the pools. He later admitted to being bored with his wealth.
  • The BIC, Pavillion, and Pier Theatre slash prices as recession strikes the entertainment industry.
  •   Dorset's golfers spring one of the biggest giant-killing feats in the amateur game, winning the English County Finals for the first time in 67 years.
  • An Alderholt man is saved by three fishermen after falling into treacherous fast-flowing water at Mudeford Quay where he is crabbing with his three-year-old son.
  • Poole firemen race to the rescue of Rogan, a playful eight-week-old Newfoundland puppy who got his head stuck in a gate.