FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - A good story has been related by a man staying in Wensleydale. It happened that the marriage of a relative took place during his stay, and not being inclined to leave such a happy hunting ground as the Yore he wrote and said that he would be found in the middle of the river fishing not far from a bridge where the train would cross conveying the happy couple en route for their honeymoon, and in order that he might be spotted as the train rushed past he adopted the novel idea of tying bunting to his rod, which he expected would be recognised by the waving of a hankerchief in response. On the day in question he tied a red and white handkerchief to his rod and fished, or rather waved the bunting, for three hours, up to the thighs in water. The passengers in every train got the benefit of this eccentric exhibition, but as there was no response, he got tired of the monotony of the thing and it began to dawn on him that he had made some mistake with the time. So he walked home a distance of some miles, only to discover that that the time was exactly threequarters of an hour to when the train should pass.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. - Road traffic in Bishop Auckland was interrupted for almost an hour last week when a double-decker bus became wedged under the railway bridge in Princes Street. The vehicle was not carrying passengers at the time as it was travelling along a route not normally used by double-deck buses.

From this newspaper 25 years ago. - From one tomato plant a man from Barforth Hall, Gainford, has grown a 1lb tomato and one weighing 1lb. The plant, which was only six inches high when he bought it a week ago, is now up to the roof of the greenhouse and the tomatoes are enormous, one measuring 14 inches round.