Horsforth football club elects new chairman (From Wharfedale Observer)

Horsforth football club elects new chairman

7:30am Friday 1st May 2009

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1884

The annual supper and meeting of the Horsforth Junior Football Club was held at the Old Ball Inn. Mr J H Smith, captain, was voted to the chair, and he referred to the success which had attended the club's efforts during the season just expired. Out of 27 matches played, 18 had been won, two lost and seven drawn.

• At a meeting of the Otley School Board, the clerk reported that plans for alterations to Westgate School had been sent to the Education Department. Mr Crossfield stated that he had spoken about the wet continuing to come into the school and nothing had been done to remedy matters.

• Doctor Cheetham, the medical officer for Guiseley reported to the Local Board that there had been no fresh cases of fever and was glad to state that the district was free of infectious disease. During the present year 30 dry earth closets had been constructed in place of old ash pits, he added.

1909

Fine weather is the one element required to make for the success of the 11th annual show of the Wharfedale Agricultural Society which is to be held at Otley on Friday and Saturday next, May 7 and 8. Mr W Holmes, the energetic secretary, has the general arrangements again well in hand and everything seems to point to this year's exhibition being quite up to the best of previous shows.

• William Morris, a typical tramp, was fined 10s 6d including costs, or seven days, at Otley Police Court for being drunk on licensed premises. PC Brighton said he found prisoner drunk on a heap of coals at the Otley gasworks. The constable saw him go off the premises and stagger into the Junction Inn. At the door he refused to give the constable his name and address.

• On Sunday forenoon the officers and men who form the 10th Battery of the 4th West Riding (Howitzer) Brigade RFA took part in a parade to the Otley Parish Church. There was a muster of about 120 men. They assembled at the Drill Hall, and as they marched to the church their smart and soldier-like appearance was generally commented upon by a large number of townspeople, who manifested the deepest interest.

1934

The greeting ‘Well Played Otley!’ occupied a prominent place in the decorations at a victory ball, held in the Mechanics Hall this week to celebrate the winning of the Yorkshire Rugby Union Challenge Cup by the Otley club. The Challenge cup was on view and introduced into the decoration was the club's flag, which was flown from the mast at the entrance to the ground thorughout what has proved to be the club's most notable season.

• Burley’s favourable position in regard to water supplies was commented on at the meeting of the Urban Council on Tuesday, when it was reported that there were over 29 million gallons in stock.

Mr H Harvey said this was a very favourable position, especially after considerable supplies had been made to other authorities.The water was shown to be of a high standard of bacteriological purity, was soft and excellent for all domestic purposes.

• The Yorkshire Grand National trail for motor cyclists which took place over a gruelling course in Washburndale, maintained its reputation as one of the premier rough riding events in the North of England. The course, which starts at Otley, consisted of a short circuit of 20 miles, which it was intended to cover three times, but heavy rain had so increased the difficulties that only two circuits were made. Only 23 of 45 competitors completed both within the time allowed. Two of these were Menston Riders N Hockley and JS Hyslop.

1959

A dispute between former neighbours on an Otley housing estate resulted in a libel action heard at Leeds County Court. The action was brought by a man against a woman who used to live next to him. It arose from a letter by the woman to the man's employer, in which she alleged he had helped himself to produce from her garden. The action failed and judgement was given for the defendant. The parties had once been reasonably good friends, but some time later the woman began to miss cabbages from her garden.

• The new clubhouse of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at the airport, Yeadon, was officially opened on Saturday by Alderman FH O’Donnell, chairman of the Leeds-Bradford Joint Aerodrome Committee. It is a re-equipped RAF building. After the War, ad the airport was still under requisition, the club returned to Sherburn-in-Elmet and remained for 12 years before it had to close down because of high cost.

• Wharfedale Rural District Council is to apply to the County Planning Committee for about 35 acres of land in the Old Lane district to the west of Bramhope to be included in a green belt area. This was reported at a meeting at Otley on Monday. It was stated that 20 acres of the land in question is the subject of an outline application for development by Messrs Wimpeys.

1984

Pudsey MP Giles Shaw has asked the police for an urgent review of the Bayton Lane-West End Lane accident black spot in Horsforth.

Local residents and road users have asked Mr Shaw to try to get the Bayton Lane ‘give way’ sign replaced by a ‘stop’ sign in the hope of putting an end to the frequent accidents at the crossing. Mr Shaw said locals were extremely concerned about the accident record, which includes one or two fatal incidents, when traffic failed to judge the crossroads correctly.

• A pensioner was rescued from his blazing flat at Yeadon early on Saturday. Mr George Davison, aged 68, shouted for help after the blaze broke out in his bedroom.

• Neighbour Arthur Jones smashed down the door of the first floor flat and led Mr Davison, suffering from burns and the effects of smoke to safety. The blaze happened at 3am on Windmill Lane. Mr Davison was taken to Otley General Hospital. Firemen from Rawdon mounted a two-hour operation to rescue a cow trapped upside down in a slurry trough. They used air-lifting gear to tilt the 700 gallon tank and free the animal at Hawstone Farm, Guiseley. The cow had slipped into the tank from a loading gantry. “We hosed it down and it seemed none the worse from the ordeal but I am afraid we came away covered in foul smelling manure,” said a spokesman for the brigade.

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