100 years ago

A weaver from Carleton and a weaver from Skipton were charged with being drunk and disorderly in Skipton. They were arrested in Keighley Road for drunken fighting.

The Bolton Abbey Church Choir gave their annual “at home” at the Boyle and Petyt School, Beamsley.

Col JBG Tottie, of Coniston Hall, Bell Busk, was elected chairman of the East Staincliffe Petty Sessions. He was the fifth to hold the position in 60 years.

50 years ago

A woman exercising her husband’s four greyhounds was unable to control them and they attacked a small dog tied up outside a butcher’s shop in Skipton.

Public houses in Settle were to close half an hour earlier, at 10.30pm, from Mondays to Thursdays during the winter months.

A new scheme of television in hospital was being tested at Raikeswood Hospital, Skipton.

25 years ago

Grassington traders rallied round to make sure the village’s Dickensian Festival continued. The event had been thrown into doubt because of a lack of practical support. However, fears it might be cancelled spurred traders into action, with 11 offering to serve on the Dickensian committee.

Giggleswick’s Katrina Creighton had a right role treat. Katrina, who had won the St John Ambulance highest award, the Grand Prior Badge, was invited to Buckingham Palace where she was congratulated by the organisation’s commander in chief Princess Anne.

A mammoth appeal was launched to restore the 850-year-old church in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. It needed a new roof, repairs to the tower and other minor work. The bill was put at just short of £70,000, with English Heritage pledging £22,000. Appeal patrons included the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Rev Roy Williamson, artist Norman Adams, playwright Alan Bennett, folk singer and comedian Mike Harding and actress Thelma Barlow.

10 years ago

Skipton Building Society employee Andrew Tillotson won a place at a prestigious drama school in London. Andrew, who lived in the town, was to study at ArtsEd – the school that produced Pop Idol Will Young.

Up to 20 pensioners living in Craven were set to be offered a free holiday while their bedsit homes were turned into self-contained apartments. Craven Housing Association was considering sending the pensioners to Butlins or even Spain if it proved cost effective. Director John Sykes said it could be cheapest way to accommodate the tenants while the work was carried out.

Celebrations were taking place in Burton-in-Lonsdale to mark the 150th anniversary of the village school. Richard Thornton Primary School opened its doors on January 30, 1854, initially providing education for children aged from five to school leaving age. Richard Thornton, the benefactor who made it possible, was the son of a local shoemaker and made his fortune trading across Northern Europe. For the anniversary, the children dressed up as Victorians.