From this newspaper 100 years ago. - Fashionable ball at Richmond.

In honour of the home coming of their eldest son, Mr Bertram Walker, the Mayor and Mayoress of Richmond (Captain and Mrs Gerald Walker), of The Hill House, entertained a large and fashionable party to a Cinderella dance, which was held in the King's Head Assembly Rooms on Tuesday evening. The proceedings were very enjoyable and were continued until after one o'clock the following morning.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. - A three-year-old heifer from Insh, Scotland, decided that things had taken a turn for the worse when she found herself being led to the slaughter pen at Darlington auction mart on Wednesday.

So she suddenly reared and broke loose and headed for the Great North Road, freedom and Bonny Scotland.

With Sassenachs - two of them on bicycles - hard on her heels, she plunged straight into the stream of traffic on Parkgate. Several people joined in the chase, as she headed into the town and into Duke Street, but she showed them a metaphorically clean pair of heels.

A policeman joined in the chase. Several times she disappeared completely and the hunters would pause, panting for breath, until the sight of a cautious head appearing round the corner of a building would set them off again.

Later, she entered a private home and overturned a table and furniture, before heading towards the railway line and Neasham Road.

Eventually she was caught in a bog and her submission to human authority was witnessed by a pig and litter. She had been free for six hours.

From this newspaper 25 years ago. - Doubts over the flood prevention scheme at Stokesley were expressed after the River Leven overflowed its banks and flooded streets and houses several feet deep.

Six people had to be taken from their flooded homes and more than 100 houses and shops were affected.

Heavy rain fell on Friday night and Saturday morning and many people in Stokesley think the amount of silt in the river was a contributing factor.

Work has begun a scheme to take river water into the Eller Beck, but one man said it was full to its banks by Saturday night.

The Whitby railway line was blocked, after ballast and soil was washed from underneath the rails. In Loftus, many houses were flooded and there was extensive damage in Northallerton.

At Mill Hill Close in Brompton, a resident had a lucky escape when a large branch fell onto a greenhouse, fence and rabbit hutch, killing the rabbit.