FRANCE was the destination for these members of Aireborough Round Table and their wives when they posed for a photograph before setting off for the Europea Club Meeting.

The coach party were leaving for Niort when the picture was taken - probably in the late 1970s.

Meanwhile in the early 1990s Addingham cubs were busy collecting pennies for a good cause.

First World War sentences.

Ilkley Military Service Tribunal—an Ilkley Milk Dealer’s "Season". Why a temporary exemption asked for by a farmer who has two sons: "One shall be taken and the other left".

War Savings Week—if the 6d of the poor man is of value to the country more, so must be the sovereign of the rich. The value of saving, not spending, is vital.

Ilkley cricketers not played so far this season: the ground has lain fallow and hopefully there will be a good crop of hay.

Local person writes in to the paper to say "balance in hand on Flag Days is £70, so instead of another such Day, send clean socks and cigarettes as vital comforts, to the Front now."