12:22pm Saturday 30th August 2008
By From the archives of the Craven Herald
Skipton Guardians discussed sending boys to "trainingships" to ensure they became respectable citizens. However, the Guardians were told an 11-year-old Skipton boy who had spent five years on such a scheme had found his way back to Skipton where he was in danger of degenerating.
Cowling Parish Floral and Horticultural Society held its 12th annual show. For the seventh year running, the show was "interfered with" by bad weather. The Cowling Temperance Brass Band paraded around the village headed by Morris dancers from Sutton.
After a lapse of 15 years, the gardening community of Barnoldswick decided to revive its flower show. The event was to be held in the Bull Field, Coates, but the early weather outlook for the day indicated it would be wet.
The organisers of Burnsall Fell Race heaved a sigh of relief when the event came to an end without a drop of rain. However, one could not help but feel sorry for the athletes, from the very young children to the veteran road walkers, as they stood around between the events trying hard not to shiver. Skipton man Derek Lawson, 23, came second in the fell race, despite spending the previous night working for British Railways and unable to get any rest. It was his first major success.
A word of comfort was reported to the good people of Skipton. The town's loan debt had come down since the previous year, although it could not be dismissed entirely. It was the first time for many years that Skipton Urban District Council's debt had fallen.
After months of bargaining, lengthy and often heated exchanges, Barnoldswick Urban Council agreed to support the proposed Craven and Keighley Water Board. It followed negotiation that "was driven to breaking point".
It was absurd that there were no convenient conveniences in the tourist haunt of Grassington, Craven Council's Development Services Committee agreed. And members concurred with Coun Claire Brooks, who asked that a suitable site should be looked for.
Pensioners were terrified to cross the road at Kelbrook because of the speed of traffic, Earby Neighbourhood Council was told. The last straw came when a car crashed into public gardens in the village after failing to negotiate a bend. Villagers were to fight to get the road made safe.
A magnificent end of summer day brought crowds from near and far to Upper Wharfedale when Kilnsey Show took place under the towering crag. Attendance was just under the record figures at a little under 17,000, but the gate receipts were the highest ever. Show secretary Wendy Riley said: "It's been a most successful show with quite a few entrants, which created interesting competition."
The oldest bowling club in North Yorkshire was saved from being turned into a car park thanks to a flood of new members. Craven District Council had offered to relocate the then ailing Craven Bowling Club in Skipton from behind the High Street to Aireville Park. But members stayed put, believing the town centre needed the green space more than the proposed car park. With an ever-increasing membership the club was more confident than ever about its future.
Industry in Barnoldswick would suffer if a new weight restriction was imposed on part of the main road into the town. A 7.5 tonne weight limit had been proposed for the road between Barnoldswick and Kelbrook to stop further structural damage to the bridge over the disused railway line. However, Coun David Whipp said it could spell disaster for the many businesses reliant on moving goods by lorries.
Cash earmarked to help with the building of Cross Hills railway station was not to be handed over to the project. Glusburn Parish Council decided the money it had saved from council tax would be better spent on a community project than given to the private company that was building the station.
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