From this newspaper 150 years ago

Richmond. At the town hall, on Wednesday, before A Young, Esq (Mayor) and Leonard Cook, Esq. – Mary Hoggett, a person of intemperate habits, was charged with having on Saturday, stolen a parcel from a cart near the Unicorn Inn, containing a calico shirt, a flannel shirt, and a pair of worsted stockings, the property of John Hetherington.

Darlington and Stockton Times:
Keeping the famous White Horse of Kilburn stable – and white – has been a recurring problem over the years. Here in June 1989, members of Thirsk Young Farmers’ Club are putting their backs into the heavy work of resurfacing the iconic outline. Who were the club members wielding the hoes and shovels?

Mary Rycroft saw the prisoner take the parcel, and made the matter known to the waiter of the Unicorn Inn. The waiter lost no time in seeing the prisoner, and asked her for the parcel. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the matter, but the witness observed the parcel under the woman’s arm, and took it from her. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

From this newspaper 100 years ago

The old town of Richmond was invaded on Saturday for the twenty-third consecutive year by the cyclists of North Yorkshire and South Durham, and the annual Whitsuntide carnival proved, if anything, a greater success than ever.

Fortunately the weather, the principal factor in gatherings of this kind, was everything that could be desired, and if the hedgerows had lost some of their blossom with which they have been adorned for the last few weeks the general surroundings were very inviting, and the freshness of the countryside provided a welcome change for those engaged in the towns on Teesside. The “commander-inchief”

Darlington and Stockton Times:

this year was Mr C McAdams, of Stockton, who is very well known in cycling and motoring circles, and who filled the post in 1908. It is interesting to note that Mr McAdams was the first to introduce motor cars into Richmond. That was at the 1897 meet, during the presidency of the Marquis of Zetland, and it was the first car that his Lordship had a ride in, he being negotiated round the track by Mr McAdams, to the great interest of all, for at that time the cars were a novelty.

Mr McAdams was ably backed up by a long list of vice-presidents, including seven mayors, and of this number the Mayor of Richmond (Mr W Walton) did his best to make the visitors feel thoroughly at home. The secretarial duties were again ably fulfilled by Mr J T Hutchinson, of Middlesbrough.

Darlington and Stockton Times:

The town was gaily decorated with bunting, and it was pleasing to note that the appeal of the Mayor had been so well responded to. A start was made on Saturday afternoon, when cyclists mustered in the quadrangle of the Municipal Buildings, Middlesbrough, for the official ride to Richmond, picking up en route the clubs from Stockton, Thornaby, the Hartlepools and Darlington.

The weather was dull and threatening all day, but rain kept off, and the ride to Richmond was a most enjoyable one. The Mayor of Richmond, wearing his chain of office, and accompanied by the Mayoress and many of the councillors and the officials of the Richmond Club, went out in gaily bedecked motor cars to the borough boundary, where they met the President and officials of the Meet, who were also in motor cars, and who had with them a very large following of cyclists.

From this newspaper 50 years ago

Lord Crathorne, president of the Swaledale Breeders’ Association, and Mr R G Oversby, of the Bradford Institute of Technology, who has carried out research into the manufacture of Swaledale tweed for several years, have undertaken to approach cloth manufacturers in an effort to get the tweed on to the market.

This undertaking was given by Lord Crathorne at the annual meeting of the association at Kirkby Stephen on Monday evening. It followed Mr Oversby’s report on the result of the experiment in which selected members of the association wore suits made from Swaledale fleece wool for 12 months. After a year’s hard wear the suits were examined before the meeting by Mr Oversby who said the garments had stood up to working conditions remarkably well. There had been no appreciable variation in colour and there had been little disturbance of the pile.

Darlington and Stockton Times:

In most cases, he said, the creases in the trousers were remarkably good though sacrifice had been made in the construction of the cloth in order to improve the handling. “The cloth could be made harder so that the creases would last longer but it is advisable for a normal suiting to sacrifice this in order to have a more comfortable feel about the cloth,” he said.

One of the suits, said Mr Oversby, had been worn every day since it was made and the experiment had proved that satisfactory garments could be made from Swaledale fleece wool. The next step was for the association to devise some means of exploiting the situation.