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Amazing sight as 10,000 soldiers marched through Craven
A hundred years ago, the arrival in Craven of 10,000 soldiers of the territorial army caused much excitement. The ”citizen soldiers” arrived in 50 specially laid on train coaches and were dispatched to summer training camps at The Craven Heifer, Skipton, and also to East Marton and Gargrave. In the first of a two-part feature, Lesley Tate looks back on the “invasion”. read more
