David hot-foots it in 10,000 charity trek

The Northern Echo;  May 4, 2007 ;     117 words ......charity.David Penn, 43, set off to walk the 1,142miles from Land's End to John O'Groats yesterday.The father-of- two, from Dacre Banks, Nidderdale, in the Yorkshire Dales, hopes to complete the trek by July 10 - in 69 days.The funds raised will be split between...

Tom Hird

Yorkshire Post;  August 5, 2006 ;     322 words ......this year, supplies ash, beech, sycamore, oak and elm, which is bought from British suppliers before being cut and dried at Dacre Banks, near Pateley Bridge, for use by furniture makers. Thomas Patrick Hird was born in 1925 at Rossington, Doncaster. He left...

Sport Extra

The Northern Echo;  July 1, 1999 ;     787 words ......Killinghall 185 for 2 (C Dawson 52, M Kenny 92, RJeffrey*). Dacre Banks 203 for 8 (S Brockhill 41*, IHouseman 42), Houseman 42); Bishop...Glasshouses 9, 25; Pannal III 9, 22; Harrogate Gas 9, 20; Dacre Banks II 9, 13; Ripley II 8, 13; Burnt Yates II 10, 13. Division...

Bowling.(Sport)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  April 19, 2006 ;     280 words ...Eric Hutchinson Memorial Trophy Shepley BC v Asa Briggs (Garforth CC), Brighouse Spts v Bilton Dragon (Silsden Playing Fields), Ravensthorpe WMC v Garforth Rec A (Royd House, Wilsden), Guiseley v Bridlington Bay (Pontefract BC...

Cheeky gnome's owner angry over ban

Yorkshire Post;  February 5, 2005 ;     340 words ......an offence under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act after someone complained about the gnome in the garden of her home at Dacre Banks in Nidderdale. Ms Windass thinks the situation is ridiculous. "I'm really angry that I have to move it," she said. "Everyone...

Beef-eaters pick a bone with Labour

The Sunday Telegraph London;  December 21, 1997 ;   ESTHER LEACH;   432 words ......landlord, Lee Chadwick, invited at least 80 people to join him and his wife Margaret for the protest meal at the Royal Oak in Dacre Banks, Nidderdale, in North Yorkshire. "It makes me so angry," said Mr Chadwick, as he put on his apron ready to turn the rib of...

Wartime relic used to mark firm's birthday

Yorkshire Post;  October 11, 2005 ;     258 words ......who has used it as a time capsule. Photographs of Mr Hird, 80, his son, Frank, the mill manager, and the 11 employees of the Dacre Banks firm, are included, along with a brief history of the business and a copy of the local newspaper, the Nidderdale Herald. Mr...

Lockwood to host final.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  May 14, 2008 ;     382 words ......Holmes (Newsome WMC) and Emily Rhodes (Brockholes BC). First round: Jonathan Peacock (Overthorpe Spts) v Stephen Walker (Bilton Dragon), Jake Durham (Pontefract) v Mark Armitage (Pudsey BC), Lauren Haigh (Newsome WMC) v Aiden Fox (Lower Hopton), Ashley Southwell...

Draws and venues for county competitions.(Sport)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  June 8, 2004 ;     626 words ......Castleford Town (Mirfield Old Bank), Thongsbridge BC A v Hightown SSC (Guiseley), Meltham BC A v Golcar Lib (Lockwood Con), Bilton Dragon v Netherton Con A (Pudsey BC), Woodlesford Park v Bramley Lib (West Bradford), Peel Park v Heckmondwike (Lindley Lib), Lindley...

Lower Hopton still in Cup hunt.(Sport)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  June 24, 2004 ;     787 words ......Chapel Street BC 179 Castleford Town 244. Thongsbridge BC A 194 Hightown S & SC 216, Meltham BC A 216 Golcar Lib 215, Bilton Dragon 131 Netherton Con A 248, Woodlesford Park 163 Bramley Lib 230, Peel Park 212 Heckmondwike 199, Lindley Lib 135 Eccleshill...

Farmer fined for milk levy protest

The Northern Echo;  May 10, 2003 ;     276 words ......between April 2001 and March last year, before a decision was taken to prosecute. Proctor said his holding, at Hill Top Farm, Dacre Banks, brought him an income of between 10,000 and 12,000 a year. Of his fight against the council, he said: "It has become a point...

Nidderdale charity riders get pain relief

Yorkshire Post;  September 7, 2006 ;     222 words ......Macmillan. Riders this year can relax beforehand or afterwards as Sharon Ward, owner of sports and Swedish massage service RUB in Dacre Banks, charges [Pounds]1 a leg for pain relief. All proceeds will go to the charity. Ride spokesman Cliff Barton said 550 rider...

Richardson's quartet win knockout honours; NETHERTON ARE THE...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  June 17, 2008 ;     787 words ......Eccleshill v Horsforth Woodside (Mirfield Old Bank), Slazengers v Bilton Dragon (Drighlington Park), Cleckheaton Moor End v Skipton Craven...Sowerby Bridge Hillcrest), Tadcaster BC v Bridlington Bay (Bilton Dragon), Asa Briggs v Royds Park (Springwood), Pudsey Littlemoor...

County competition draws confirmed.(Sport)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  May 11, 2007 ;     665 words ......WMC), Farnley Tyas v Bye. ERIC HUTCHINSON MEMORIAL TROPHY Bilton Dragon v Valley Ridge (Mirfield Old Bank), Glasshougton Wel v Ossett...BC (Lower Hopton WMC), Crosshills and District v Methley (Bilton Dragon), Bramley Lib v Hanging Heaton (Grange Moor), Pudsey Littlemoor...

Man dies as gym dream is realised

The Northern Echo;  March 17, 2005 ;   HANNAH CHAPMAN;   305 words ......raise a quarter-of-a-million pounds was remarkable." Mr Crispin, who was married with two children, owned the Royal Oak Inn in Dacre Banks, near Harrogate, with family members. He was a former head brewer with Courage and lived in Pateley Bridge. Harrogate Borough...