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• No one can see the Milky Way

  I USUALLY have a look out at the night before I go to bed - just an old habit, I expect, but today one doesn't see what one used to. I remember as a youngster often being called out by my sister to come and "just have a look at the Milky Way". I haven't seen it for a long, long time, and an article I read somewhere tells me why. My home, when a boy, was on Scarborough Road, beyond the last gas street lamp, so the nights were dark, and all the nightly display of stars was there to gaze at. Now, all that has changed. Towns, and even villages, are lit by bright lights, so that now there's just nothing to be seen if you look upwards. High intensity street lighting has taken over, and the aura of light which surrounds centres of housing, and towns, virtually stops the sky being seen. To see you have to get away out into the countryside somewhere. Strange to think that the improvement in urban lighting has had this effect, and that there must be several generations of people, especially city dwellers, who actually haven't seen the sky at night. Or the Milky Way! read more

• A wonderful year for Welburn Wanderers

  WELBURN Hall School have been crowned the area special school champions, having won all their matches this season - just two years after they formed a team. read more

• County triumph for Kirkby bowlers

  Kirkbymoorside bowlers Eric Waters and John A Ward have been crowned this year's Yorkshire Pairs champions at the county finals at Nafferton Bowling Club earlier this month. read more

• Beware belladonna - plant of the occult

  DEADLY nightshade is a wild flower which has about its very being an aura of the occult. read more

• The Mirror Makers by Clare Colvin (Hutchinson £15.99)

  LOUIS XIV, the Sun King, wants his palace at Versailles to be the envy of the world. read more

• The Artists' Handbook by Ray Smith (Dorling Kindersley £20)

  THERE are many books on the market aimed at artists but this one is essential to all those who take the subject seriously. read more

• Reflections - On the Eve of Retirement

  OUR lives tick over from day to day read more

• Sun shines on wedding

  "IT has been perfect weather for a country wedding," a friend said to me as we waited for the photographer to finish his portraits of the bride and groom. "With it pouring down with rain yesterday, none of the farmers could consider getting on with harvest today so they're all relaxed. And now that the sun is shining, well, it couldn't be better could it?" read more

• Big blow for Brawby

  Ryedale Beckett League - Division One. Harome had already secured the championship before their win over Lockton but the relegation battle went to the end with three sides, Cropton, Lockton and Brawby finishing on 11 points. After a tally of the results from the matches between the three sides, Brawby have been relegated. read more

• Town show early form

  Pickering Town 3, Spennymoor United 1 read more

• Fayr chance at Goodwood

  FAYR Jag, who shared a starring role at Royal Ascot last month, when dead-heating for first place in the Wokingham Handicap, bids to complete an outstanding sprinting double on Saturday on the final day of the Glorious Goodwood Festival. read more

• Bollin Eric just half a length off victory

  BOLLIN Eric ran an absolute blinder to finish fourth - only half-a-length behind the Epsom Derby winner Kris Kin - in a vintage renewal of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, won by Alamshar at Ascot last Saturday. read more

• A talent for fine art

  TOP artist David Baumforth will be giving a rare treat to Ryedale-based fans of his work with an exhibition at Talents Fine Arts in Malton. read more

• Town benefits from grateful bikers

  MOTORCYCLING enthusiasts have presented a £500 cheque to help the running costs of Helmsley's swimming pool. read more

• Muston festival

  FATHER Christmas lined up with Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs when the pretty village of Muston staged its now legendary annual Scarecrow Festival. read more

• Sheep sale season

  THIS Friday sees the start of the sheep sale season in Ryedale at Malton Livestock Market. read more

• The bitter truth

  AFTER nearly 16 years of long, hard living, I've just about realised that nothing is ever 'no strings attached' completely and utterly good. In every pack of sweets there's always that rogue green one, and in every half-price sale you're going to have to sift through the neon tank-tops to get to the stuff you want. read more

• Rubbish - no pride!

  I READ with interest your news items of July 3, Call for Clean-up of the Streets. Why has it taken so long for this issue to get publicity? It's been my intention for weeks to write to the editor, my title would have been, Rubbish - no Pride! read more

• Superbike star's burning ambition

  CHARLES Corner, managing director of precision metalwork firm Malton Laser, is a man who has taken his love of speed and technology from the racetrack to the boardroom. read more

On this day: Ryedale Archive