10:00am Saturday 17th July 2010
Sutton’s Sunday School treat took place in fine weather. A service was held in the church and afterwards the scholars formed a procession headed by the Sunday School banner, the Kildwick Prize Band and the Boy Scouts. They marched through the village to a field adjoining Royd Hill where tea and buns were served.
John Metcalfe, of Ingleton, was the owner of a couple of Aylesbury ducks which had displayed remarkable egg-laying powers. Each duck had laid 102 eggs in 101 days.
An exciting incident occurred near the railway crossing at Cononley. A load of hay was being carted from a field in The Ings to Isaac Wright’s farm by his two sons. After it had passed through the crossing, it was noticed that it was on fire and, for a short time, the whole cart was a mass of flames. It was then realised that the horse must be released without delay. With difficulty, the animal was dragged out of the shafts and escaped injury.
For the second time, Ann Smith, of Skipton, became one of the glamorous grannies at Butlin’s Holiday Camp. Mrs Smith, who worked at The Castle Café and had eight grandchildren, won a free holiday at the Butlin’s Metropole Hotel in Blackpool.
A miracle escape, and the initiative of the young friends of a five-year-old Earby boy, made a real-life drama. The boys had been playing at Thornton Rock, Thornton-in-Craven, when the five-year-old fell more than 50ft down the rock. In a five-hour struggle, three boys helped him to safety. The boy was taken to hospital, but released after two days with cuts and bruises.
Barnoldswick’s prosperity was reflected in the mass exodus at the start of the Wakes fortnight. The town’s railway station was awakened from its long slumber as hundreds of holidaymakers, bound for Blackpool, Bournemouth, Jersey and John O’Groats, poured onto its normally deserted platform.
An archaeological find, believed to be of national importance, was made by two South Craven schoolboys. John Herd and James Wade were with a group of students carrying out conservation work in Burnsall when they came across a Viking cross head dating back to the 10th century. The group was helping Yorkshire Dales National Park workers improve the river footpath as part of the school’s project work.
The public was being offered a sneak preview of Britain’s largest vertical steam engine. John Emmott, of Silsden, abhorred the thought of nearby Waterloo Mills being demolished and so he bought part of it, including the chimney, engine shed and all. And rather than meeting a fate on the scrapheap, it was now being carefully restored to its former glory by John and the man who ran it for 21 years when Taylor Bros occupied the premises, Sam Bentley.
The Craven Ecology Party was sponsoring a petition calling for an end to low-flying military aircraft over the district. “We have heard of children who are too scared to play in their garden and animals going berserk,” said party press secretary Lindy Williams.
The last lessons took place at Tosside School, before it closed for good. The final week for the eight pupils was taken up with lessons, sports day, a party and entertainment before the blackboard was wiped for the last time, books closed and work taken from the walls. When the next school year started the pupils would be at various other schools, including Bolton-by-Bowland and Chatburn.
State-of-the-art equipment was to be used to discover why Bradley’s wells had dried up. The three wells originally flowed into stone troughs set into the walls, but two of the wells, at Crag Lane and Mill Lane, were dry. Now boffins at the University of Leeds had offered to try to get them flowing once more.
Pat Funnell, of Rathmell, and Gargrave’s Sheila Roberts were celebrating after becoming English equestrian champions. The two competed in the English Le-Trec Pairs Championship in Hereford and consistent scoring over two days gave them the pairs title.
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