10:30am Saturday 27th February 2010
At Ingleton Police Court, a 55-year-old man was charged with attempting to commit suicide by hanging. The prisoner had been depressed on account of being out of employment and illness, and appeared to have no knowledge of his rash action. He denied the charge and said he had done nothing like it in his life. He was remanded to Lancaster Castle Infirmary for a week for the prison doctor to make observations.
The annual hiring fair took place at Long Preston. It was patronised by the same number of people who used to make it a holiday 25 years ago. Most of the men and boys, masters and servants congregated about and below the “city” square where the bargaining took place. Boys of 15-to-17 years were hired for £12 to £18 for the year and men were hired for up to £30 per year.
Milk producers in Craven were perturbed at the number of “short measure” cards they had received from the dairies to whom they sent their milk. It was reported that, from March 1, details of age, breed, sex and earmark of each cattle must be recorded on the movement record and the record must be retained for three years. This applied to stock moved off or brought onto the farm.
Skipton was fortunate in escaping much of the blizzard that brought blocked roads and up to seven inches of snow in outlying areas. Regarding temperatures, the town was not so fortunate, recording the lowest reading of the year, 14 degrees. There had been pleasant sunny periods to relieve a wintry week, however.
Twenty-year-old Silsden man David McClennon flew to Thailand to undergo a three-month course in Thai boxing. David had been training for the past three years and was hoping to fight for the British middleweight and European titles. He had given up his job to fly out to Pattaya in order to improve his skills.
Cheesemaking was making a comeback in North Craven – thanks to pet goats Maude and Victoria. Owners Iain and Christine Hill, of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, had bought the goats for their milk, but had now branched out into making cheese. And they had increased their herd to 60 goats, which produced 170 pounds of cheese a week.
Accommodation problems had put Craven College into a straitjacket. Principal Kate Hillman said the facilities were already overcrowded and inadequate and, with student numbers increasing, the college was fully justified in pressing for improvements. “I believe we are sitting on an educational and financial goldmine, which, because of its accommodation problems, cannot be exploited,” she told guests at the presentation evening.
Customs and excise officers, called in by an Earby firm, found cocaine worth £8 million hidden in a consignment of chemicals from Columbia. Wardle Storeys alerted the authorities after employees found between 60 and 70 kilogrammes of cocaine in four crates, which had been offloaded at Felixstowe. Customs believed the consignment should have been intercepted before it reached Earby, but something had gone wrong.
Craven Books, on Newmarket Street, Skipton, closed its doors after more than 40 years in business. The shop was set up and run by Katherine Farey and Megan Fluck and became famous for its personal approach. Specialising in antiquarian books, the two ladies bought from private buyers rather than auction because they “liked to talk to the people who were selling”.
Former Eastby girl Debbie Pollard graduated as a search and rescue Sea King helicopter pilot. The 27-year-old daughter of Trevor and Maria Nash was among only a handful of women to have gained their wings. “My ambition to become airborne was fuelled after doing some gliding at Sutton Bank,” said the former Skipton Girls’ High School pupil.
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