100 years ago

The announcement of the decision of the newly-formed Threshfield Golf Club to allow golf on Sundays was met with dismay. The club confirmed that play would not take place before noon on Sunday and that no caddies or Sunday labour would be allowed. With such restrictions, the club argued that it would cause no more harm than going out walking or driving.

Earby youths, all described as weavers, appeared in court charged with playing pitch and toss. PC Coldwell stated that he saw the youths playing pitch and toss on the footpath between Earby and Lothersdale. He watched them for five minutes and saw money change hands. They were each fined 5s with costs.

The men's guild of St Stephen's, Skipton, protested against the Education Bill of 1908, saying it would put an intolerable strain on schools. The group said the church would be forced to pay rates for its school, but would not receive a penny back.

50 years ago

People were better off materially, said GB Drayson, MP for Skipton. He said a report from the Cohen Committee - an impartial body set up by the Prime Minister - showed that the standard of living had been steadily increasing over recent years and wages had risen by 100 per cent. "It took from 1946 to 1951 for Britain to regain its pre-war standard of living and since then it has advanced steadily," he said.

A BBC TV crew visited Brigston Farm, Lothersdale, to interview farmer Andrew Lambert for a programme devoted to "go-ahead" small farms.

Former Skipton girl Winifred Farla, of Breda, Holland, received an invitation to attend a banquet and reception for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at The Hague. The former weaver had been living in Holland since 1949 and her husband worked at the Military Academy in Breda.

25 years ago

Sixteen-year-old Simon Beaufoy was about to set off on a trip to the remote regions of Eastern Greenland. Simon, a pupil at Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, was among 60 youths chosen for the Yorkshire Schools Exploring Society's golden jubilee expedition to the Arctic. The young adventurers were to chart the region's geological features on Ordnance Survey maps and, because the area was largely unexplored and uninhabited, would have to use canoes, kayaks, sledges and skis to get around. Simon, from Glusburn, went on to write the script for the hit film The Full Monty.

Skipton suffered another jobs blow, with news that 30 workers were being made redundant at Glynwed Foundry. The move was blamed on a recession in the engineering industry.

10 years ago

There were triple celebrations in Bradley when triplets Harry, Eloise and Milly celebrated their first birthday. The trio - the offspring of Anthony Foster and Jane Hopkinson - were all born within minutes of each other at Leeds General Hospital. And to celebrate their 12-month milestone, the triplets were christened at St Mary's Church, Bradley.

Outrage greeted a planning inspector's decision to allow 27 luxury detached homes to be built at Skipton's Overdale caravan park. Craven District Council had rejected the plans, but applicants Bryant Homes won the go-ahead on appeal. "It is a very sad day," said Craven's planning committee chairman Janet Gott. "Someone from away is inflicting something on this town that we do not want." But, in his ruling, the inspector MJ Croft said he was not satisfied that the need for caravans and mobile homes was sufficiently greater than the need for permanent homes.

10:58am Friday 28th March 2008

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