FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - The Yorkshire home of the Marquis and Marchioness of Zetland has this week been honoured by another visit of members of the royal family, their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The Royal Party travelled by the Scotch Express to Darlington on Monday and from there by special to Richmond. The Richmond railway station was prettily decorated with flags and royal trophies and red baize covered the platform. The Marquis of Zetland arrived a few minutes before the train and greeted the Royal guests as they stepped onto the platform. Princess Christian went on a motor-tour up the charming Swaledale Valley, while Princess Victoria drove into Richmond. She visited the Victoria Hospital and the historic Richmond Castle Tower was ascended.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. - "Unemployment in Darlington is pretty well down to rock bottom" said Mr G G Harrison, secretary at the meeting of the Darlington and District Employment Committee on Tuesday night. Mr Harrison said the total number of unemployed in Darlington was 512, of whom 239 were men and 273 were women. During the three months ending October 21, 1,183 men were placed in work. Most of them went into building and civil engineering (336), general and local engineering (162), iron and steel (107), chemicals (96) and railways (48). In the same time work was found for 525 women, who went mainly into worsted and woollen spinning (115), hotels and catering (91), manufacturing industries (42), distributive trades (42), tailoring (36), laundry and dry cleaning (18), transport (15), and private domestic service (28).

From this newspaper 25 years ago. - Northallerton Town Council is determined to save the 100-year-old Victorian Hall on High Street, to serve the needs of the local community. Squeezed by the present owners, the Hambleton District Council, to increase its contribution towards the tender price of £137,000 for restoration and renovation, the Town Council agreed on Monday to contribute £70,000 from its local ratepayers. Coun Gerry Hendry mentioned that while people said it was an ugly building, it was a Victorian building which had played its part in the growth of Northallerton as a market town. To pull it down would be losing something of the town's character forever.