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Fencing the river off would make my mother turn in her grave

SIR, - I was born and bred in Otley, leaving when I joined the WRMS in 1943, still have an affection for the town and the paths and pay at least an annual visit there. read more
Change in law enabled men to marry dead wife's sister

125 years ago A discussion took place at the Liberal Club, Otley, on Monday evening, the subject being the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. The arguments were based principally upon the text in Leviticus, which the opponents of marriage with a deceased wife's sister considered to be a scriptural prohibition. Mr W A Hill moved that the meeting sympathised with the objects of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill Association, and trusts that efforts being made will remedy the unsatisfactory state of things brought about by the law of 1835 prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister. read more

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Archive - Wednesday, 17 January 2007