From our archives:

85 years ago

“Sin’s Pay Day” was the main attraction at Easingwold Cinema.

With a bevy of stars including Forrest Stanley, Dorothy Revier and Mickey McGuire, the tragic story of William Fallon a New York lawyer had kept the audience’s attention with its carefully thought-out plot.

Next on the agenda was “Tarzan the Ape Man” which had been reported as “far-fetched,” although it had to be watched just for the fine acting of Johnny Weissmuller, a star not seen before. The film was advised as “not to be taken too seriously,” “as it would be too dreadful if some of Easingwold’s young men tried to swing from tree to tree.”

MP Roger Lumley had delivered a heart-warming message to the residents of York via its Conservative Association, asking for the district to be patient with the lack of employment after the war.

“In fact, there is now more confidence in the future of Great Britain than in that of any other country,” he replied.

50 years ago

Heavy fighting had broken out on the outskirts of Saigon, as crack Government Ranger troops battled with Viet Cong west of the capital’s race track.

The Rangers called in air strikes to blast the Viet Cong in the rice paddies as other Government troops rushed in to try to cut off the guerrillas’ retreat.

Parents with daughters at the York College for Girls had been assured that there was no danger of the east end of the Minster collapsing on to the school in Minster Yard.

And a bright young 22-year-old Ken Buchanan, from Edinburgh, had taken the British lightweight title from Maurice Cullen.

Cullen had succumbed to Buchanan’s youth and aggressive exuberance, finally taking the full count in the 11th round after been on the floor four times previously.

20 years ago

The owners of a missing dog were celebrating after getting her back with the help of the Evening Press.

After news of their plight had graced the papers, Mike and Ruth Smith were presented with a happy yet weary bull terrier, missing for 10 days.

The plight of a green-fingered pensioner was also highlighted in the Press after vandals had destroyed a lifetime’s work on Scarcroft Road allotments.

The former soldier who had worked the plot for 40 years was hoping the culprits would return his stolen tools.