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A look through the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

Ilkley School Board examines irregular attendance

3:34pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

Ilkley Cricket Club numerically strengthened

A trip to London in 1974 provided inspiration for children at Burley-in -Wharfedale Junior School. Nine-year-old pupils here, along with one of the leaders of the trip, get a closer look at a model of Tower Bridge, constructed using old washing-up bottles

9:01am Thursday 4th March 2010

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New Ilkley ambulance is kept at police station

New hazards accompanying the new road layout at the junction of Brook Street and The Grove caused concern for Ilkley people in 1960. Although there was thankfully not as much traffic on the roads in those days, if this picture is anything to go by.

11:48am Thursday 25th February 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

New Addingham coffee house owners provide refreshment for workers

FLASHBACK: The hustle - and,quite literally, the bustle - of Ilkley before the motor car is well illustrated in this undated picture from our archives. Church Street can easily be recognised, despite the lack of traffic lights and the usual queue of traff

1:17pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

Irregular attendance is discussed by Ilkley School Board

Ilkley Urban District Council's Sanitary Department had not fully made the switch to mechanisation by 1953. Pictured here is the council’s last horse, believed to be called Nell, with Mr R Hodgson. Picture by Anning of Ilkley.

3:28pm Thursday 11th February 2010

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Burley Parish Church seeks funds for additional burial place

Smartly attired auxiliary firefighters are being put through their paces by Captain Mann of the Ilkley Fire Brigade in this undated photograph. The auxiliary fireman had apparently turned up in their uniforms for the first time

10:36am Thursday 4th February 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette

Ilkley Primitive Methodists move to reduce debt

his picture, shows a very snowy path up to the Victorian bath house, White Wells and was taken in 1947.

9:42am Thursday 28th January 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

Railway verdict is met with scepticism in Ilkley

This desolate scene shows the empty Ben Rhydding station buildings prior to demolition. The station has been unmanned since October 1968.,

2:59pm Thursday 21st January 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

Inquest into death of a child who got teat stuck in its throat

Skating on Ilkley Tarn was once a regular winter attraction. Thick ice – sometimes said to be created with the help of the local fire brigade – formed a solid surface over the tarn, and many local people looked forward to getting their skates on.

12:35pm Thursday 14th January 2010

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New building on Canker Hill will be an honour for Ilkley

The view might be a familiar one but the sportswear has come a long way since the 1970s. The Ben Rhydding Hockey Colts are given some coaching at the Coutances Way sports fields in 1977.

1:08pm Thursday 7th January 2010

Stories from the archives of the Ilkley Gazette.

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