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On this day: Ryedale Archive

Ryedale Archive

• History in the making

  Part of history. That was Kevin Darley at the Curragh last Sunday when Attraction, trained at Middleham by Mark Johnston, became the first-ever filly to complete the English-Irish 1,000 Guineas. read more

• When Winston came to Kirkham

  THE unlikely role of a Ryedale monastery in the build-up to D-Day has been revealed for the first time. read more

• 'If we fell in, they were not stopping or coming back to save us'

  GEORGE Chapman was born and bred in Slingsby. "We never really left the village, apart from once a year when we would walk down to the train station in to go for our holidays to Scarborough," he said. read more

• 83-year-old Mary lands award after battle to create skate park

  A WOMAN who brought the first skate park to Ryedale and devoted boundless free time to fundraising for young people in Thornton-le-Dale, is to receive an award. read more

• Royal appointment for daring lifeboatman

  THE Prince of Wales has met with four heroes - including one from the Yorkshire coast - who are being honoured for their gallantry by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. read more

• Back to school 200 years on

  A MASSIVE celebration is being planned in a small North Yorkshire village to mark the 200th year of its school. read more

• Questions raised in Lords over speeding bikers

  YORKSHIRE-based peer Earl Peel has tabled three parliamentary questions in the House of Lords relating to the noise and danger caused by motorcycles on the moors. read more

• THE CREAM OF THE CROP

  AN impressive £60,000 has been raised by residents of Cropton since they embarked on a project to refurbish their village hall four years ago. read more

On this day: Ryedale Archive