Middleton-One-Row. Midnight Disturbance. – We understood that there is not a police-officer stationed within three miles of this village, and the fact that the preservers of the public peace make themselves scarce here was fully proved between the night of Wednesday and Thursday morning, when the village was paraded by a number of drunken fellows, who disturbed the slumber of the inhabitants by throwing missiles at their doors and otherwise conducted themselves in an uproarious manner.
In March 1963, our reporter and photographer stumbled on this story at Fangdale Beck, in Bilsdale. Norah Russell, pictured with our reporter, had bought the old forge and blacksmith’s workshop and had plans to renovate the old water wheel. A lover of the old ways of the countryside, she felt it was the right thing to do to avoid their loss altogether. Did she succeed in her ambition? Let From the Archive know at dst@nne.co.uk
We are informed that one lady, a visitor and invalid, was so alarmed that she has since been under medical advice and unable to leave her room. We hope that such wanton conduct will in future be adequately punished, and would advise the inhabitants to make application to the authorities to have a constable resident in the village.
From this newspaper 100 years ago. – The new Darlington market. - The workmen at the new market are making rapid progress towards the completion of the main spire of the Clock Tower. They have already commenced the framework, so that we shall probably, during the coming week, be able to judge of its effect.
The passenger traffic on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. - On Whit-Tuesday, 8,700 passengers were booked at the various stations on the Darlington Section of the North Eastern Railway. Of this number Darlington contributed 1,907.
The total number of passengers booked by the same company during the week ending the 14st inst., was 20,000.
Additional railway communication. – The North- Eastern Railway Company has issued large placards stating that on and after the first of next month a new train, in connection with the 5pm express train from King’s Cross, will run as follows: Leave York, 10.20 arrive at Darlington 11.23, Durham 12.07, Sunderland 12.30 and Newcastle at 12.30pm. When required the train will also stop to take up and set down through passengers at Thirsk and Northallerton.
From this newspaper 50 years ago. – Quoits seems such a simple game. There is this iron peg set into a bed of clay and from a few yards away you lob heavy steel saucer-brimmed rings aiming to get them over the peg or as near to it as possible. It does seem simple, but it is far harder than it looks. Until you come upon the sort of men who play for the Water End Quoit Club of Brompton, near Northallerton.
An advert from the D&S 100 years ago
The point is that for 13 years they have been making it look so simple that some of the teams in the Northallerton and District Quoits League are muttering “Spoilsports” more loudly as each new season opens. You can hardly blame them, perhaps because for the past 13 years in succession Water End have won the League championship. In fact, they have never been beaten in a League game in all that time.
Every season the teams and players line up for the inevitable “suicide” at the hands of the Water End players, whose invincibility on the quoit pitches of Northallerton has prompted in recent years moves to get them to leave the League purely to give other players the feeling of what it is like to win a cup. The latest idea, which was eventually turned down, was to handicap the Water End players to give other teams a chance.
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