Quirky

Paul Carter’s wife was taken by the Vauxhall Nova Cabriolet displayed in a showroom, but soon changed her mind as the wind blew her hair around.

For 35 years the Church family of Broxted have helped put the Norwegian spruce in place in the London landmark for the festive season.

Daniel Brett on Affinity Water and Cadent, the Chuckle Brothers of digging holes, united by their love of road works and inability to finish anything.

Bishop’s Stortford man Peter Wenzel came up with the idea after spotting a Cornish newspaper article about a group meeting up again after 40 years.

The valuable jewellery was reunited with its owner who then donated part of the sale proceeds to the windmill restoration fund

Elise, 9, was among 22 children who turned up for the Tidy Up Sawbridgeworth event on Saturday and sadly was able to fill in her litter bingo ‘card’.

The topper on the post box at the corner of The Forebury and Knight Street, depicts a wartime airplane on top of a army green coloured base.

A woman who contacted the Indie said the display spoofing one of the world’s most successful rock bands was the talk of her village.

Mountfitchet Castle owner Jeremy Goldsmith was unimpressed by Dom Joly’s video ahead of the comedian’s Stortford leg of his stage show tour.

Just like buses, you wait a lifetime for the Northern Lights to dazzle in Bishop’s Stortford, then they turn up twice in five months – to the day!

Carole Williams served as bellwoman from 1996 until she passed away in January, aged 74.

Autumn escaped family home in Roydon during August 24 burglary and was captured by his owners on banks of River Stort on Saturday (Sept 14).

She told court: “They’re at a private home and the guy doesn’t want them. He wants me to take them.”

Pet guinea pig Autumn has so far survived 17 days in the wild and travelled almost nine miles in two-and-a-half weeks.

Indie readers’ photos include a giant “egg-laying” cockerel, a horse jumping a garden hedge and a line of ice creams guaranteed not to melt.

The popular annual event is taking place on Saturday (Sept 7) from 10am to 5pm and Sunday (Sept 8) from 11am to 5pm.

Paul and Judy Sawbridgeworth popped into the town council offices at Sayesbury Manor on the eve of their return to Melbourne.

Jacob Ward, 12, made one-in-a-million discovery on school playing field before finding a pink grasshopper in Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery.

Essex police attended Sheering Lower Road in the early hours of Monday after residents reported hearing moos.

Aoife Mulhall was asked by top designer Kim O’Brien to join a team putting together an exhibit for the Gardeners’ World Live Show at Birmingham NEC.