Looking Back

From this newspaper 100 years ago. - Several hundreds of pedestrians, on Monday afternoon, viewed with alarm a singular mishap which befell a wedding party. Bride and bridegroom emerged from the church and entered a cab which was bowling merrily along the high street when one of the wheels came off. The horse bolted and was pulled up just in time to prevent it crashing into one of the plate glass windows of Messrs. Robinson and Co. It was an exciting moment but all ended happily. Two little boys on the box retained their seats, and the driver, though jerked to the ground, escaped with a few bruises.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. - There is news of the origin of several old sculptural pieces in the grounds of Newby Hall, one of England's famed Adam houses, in 25 acres of gardens, near Ripon, and which annually attracts hundreds of tourists. Expert opinion recently confirmed that an eight-feet high stone bowl, surmounted by an urn, is an incense burner used in Rome during the first century. Another interesting piece resembles a large stone tea cup. Resting on a three feet pillar, which in turn stands on a richly decorated base, it is thought to be a corn grinder of the early Byzantine era. The exterior is finely carved and the sides of the interior support the theory that it was a corn grinder. Exposure to the weather of the centuries has somewhat cracked the surface but the piece keeps much of its original beauty.

From this newspaper 25 years ago. - A milk tanker with 2,000 gallons of milk aboard got tangled up with a beer store on the Northallerton-Richmond road on Wed last week. It had collided with the corner of the beer store at The Revellers Inn, Northallerton, owned by Mr Norman Maxwell, but a following Northern Dairies tanker salvaged much of the milk. Some flowed into the beer store and across the car park, but Mrs Ros Maxwell said, "It is not true we are opening a milk bar." The driver bumped his head, but went home after treatment at the Friarage Hospital.