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Flashback to 1964: Royal British Legion volunteers reward the efforts of one of their volunteers at Addingham

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125 years ago

ON the arrival of a train at Skipton, it was discovered that a valuable horse, the property of Mr W Fawcett, of Addingham, which he had purchased at Brough Hill, and put on at Kirkby Stephen, was strangled in the horse box. The accident was not discovered until the box was opened at Skipton.

A farmer from Burley Woodhead was summoned to Otley Police Court for unlawfully killing a pheasant out of season. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and said it was a mere accident if anything else. He was fined 10s including costs.

Engineer Mr Ferguson is surveying the land along the line of the route which will be traversed by the projected Skipton and Ilkley Railway and we understand that plans will be deposited and an application made to Parliament for running powers during the approaching session. There will be a station at Embsay and a slight diversion will be made at Bolton Bridge so as to avoid the steep gradient.

100 years ago

A domestic servant from Castleford, who left the service of an Ilkley lodging-house keeper, without giving notice, was sued for 17s 2d. The defendant had been engaged by the plaintiff as a domestic servant, at the rate of £1 per month, but at the end of the first week she got up early in the morning and returned home without saying a word. The plaintiff said he had brought the case as a warning to servants.

On Sunday morning Miss Moon, daughter of Mr Joseph Moon, Parish Ghyll Road, Ilkley met with an accident in the neighbourhood of Askwith. Along with a gentleman, she was out riding on horseback and near the village the two were met by a Ben Rhydding gentleman also on horseback, whose horse being restive collided with one that Miss Moon was riding and threw her from the saddle. She was cut and bruised about the head and face, but not seriously.

Mr Sidney Carter's new century pictures at the Pavilion are of such excellence that all should see them. One which calls for special mention reveals how boys are drilled and trained with the Navy, with many of the interesting manoeuvres they engage in.

75 years ago

When it comes to damage to property in public lavatories of the kind described by Dr Whitfield on Wednesday, one can only echo his words and wonder how long it will be before the perpetrators find themselves being cared for in some public institution. Ilkley has suffered from quite an epidemic of this kind of thing in the past year or two, mischief of a type obviously too heavy to be carried out by children. It can only be regarded as the work of people whose muscular development indicates them to be adults, though their mental development has apparently failed to keep pace.

Firemen holding crossed axes and laundry girls holding starched collars formed a novel guard of honour at Ilkley Parish Church on Saturday, when the wedding took place of Mr Norman Jackson, of Otley and Miss M Pennock, of Ilkley.

By the generosity of the Trustees of the Ilkley Wells Road Methodist Church, the schoolroom connected with the church has been placed at the disposal of the Ilkley and Addingham unemployed, to be used as Rest Room during the winter months. The room was officially opened last Friday, in the presence of about 40 unemployed, and free coffee was served. Mr Fred Sugden said he was sorry to see so many men there.

50 years ago

The influenza epidemic is blamed for a decrease in the attendance at this year's Ilkley Trades Fair. The total attendance was 3,000 less than last year. A total of 14,163 people saw the fair this year, compared with 17,466 last year. This smaller number of people also had the advantage of a new stand layout which gave them more room to move around in and enabled the staff to cope with the Saturday crowds more efficiently.

Whilst applauding the provision of a new library with new fittings and furniture, the governing body of Ilkley Grammar School complained at their meeting on Friday evening of poor acoustics in the room, the cause of which was thought to be a lack of a floor covering. It was generally agreed that floor covering would provide the best answer and it was suggested by one Governor that linoleum would 'finished the library off'.

In order to provide fencing, concrete posts and two gates for land used as allotments in Prospect Road, Burley, Ilkley will have to forego the clearing of Backstone Beck. Ilkley Council decided on this after last month's full meeting referred back a decision of its Moor and Parks committee to include £50 in next year's estimates for the provision of fencing on this land.

25 years ago

An enjoyable day was spent by a large gathering at Moorfield School, Ilkley, during a one-day conference of the Churches Fellowship of Physical and Spiritual Studies. The day opened with a led meditation, after which Mr Robert Findlay spoke on Help from the world unseen'. He began by saying that the Bible was full of paranormal stories.

The controversy caused by proposals to open a hostel for Asian girls in Ilkley took another turn at Monday's meeting of the Social Services committee. At the end of a lengthy debate on the issue the ruling Conservative group voted with Labour members against a resolution which suggested looking in the private sector for alternative accommodation for the hostel.

Addingham's continuing campaign for a by-pass is receiving widespread support in Burley-in-Wharfedale, according to Burley Community Council. Chairman Ron Lawton said both Addingham and Burley had suffered from the increase in traffic resulting from the Skipton by-pass. A further increase could be expected and feared when the Otley by-pass came into use.

1:19pm Thursday 11th October 2007

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