THE village of Great Broughton has lost one of its best known and most popular figures with the death of Mrs Margaret Sutcliffe. Aged 95, she had lived for many years in a prominent bungalow on the edge of the village. There, her husband, Len, created a garden that was an acknowledged village showpiece.
The moors have looked like a war zone this warm February due to heather burning. Harry Mead says it is a splendid sight
RARELY can a window have enjoyed such a starring role. In 1945 Alfred John Brown, a West Riding businessman, and his wife, turned up as prospective buyers of a hotel in the North York Moors.
WHENCE came the drone? Toy, tool, or instrument of terror, this addition to our skies simply suddenly appeared.
THE internet has revolutionised our lives in so many ways. “Freshly-clicked” – that would have been a mystery to all of us perhaps just ten, and certainly 20, years ago. And who would have imagined that millions would lay out details of their daily lives that other millions could access in an instant?
AS I write this, at the start of the second week of Wimbledon, arguably the best and worst moments of the world’s greatest tennis tournament have had nothing to do with tennis.
IT might be as well to make clear exactly where what follows comes from. It comes from arguably – no, make that probably, in fact very probably – Britain’s most reactionary cricket fan.
THEY were dubbed The Crackpots. In reality they were the Magnificent Ten: the pioneers – founders you might say – of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
BREXIT means... a distantly receding prospect.
