From our archives:

80 years ago

Fifty thousand rounds were fired at Strensall Camp, where Territorial and Regular Army units were competing in the Yorkshire Territorial and Rifle Associations 69th annual prize meeting. The meeting, which was known as “The Bisley of the North,” opened today and continued until late the following Monday. The entries, which were representative of both the Regular and Territorial Armies, had reached their usual high figure of 2,100 entries. And the Hon Charles Wood, MP for York, had asked the Minister of Pensions, since the balance remaining in the King’s Fund, of which he was the sole trustee, was now so low as to cause concern for the future of the fund, could the Government bring the plight of the fund to the public’s notice in the form of a pamphlet?

50 years ago

Cars belonging to Yorkshire cricketers Fred Trueman and Jimmy Binks had been damaged in Birmingham outside their hotel where they had been staying during a game against Warwickshire. Parked outside the hotel the cars had been hit by an articulated lorry that had apparently took a corner too sharply and bumped into Trueman’s new Volvo, damaging the front nearside light and wing forcing the vehicle into the back of Binks’s car. Driving off, a good samaritan had seen the incident and passed the lorry drivers number on to the Police. And Rolling Stone, Brian Jones had been elected to go for trial by jury after appearing at Marlborough Street, London, on a charge of having in his possession a quantity of cannabis at his flat in King’s Road, Chelsea. The hearing had lasted eight minutes.

20 years ago

Dozens of Nestle workers in York had walked out in a dramatic bust-up with their own union. About 170 staff on the assortments production line marched out of the factory in the latest twist in a row over the chocolate-covered pretzel snack, Flipz. The workers said they were furious that they were being denied extra hours, on which many relied and being made to look “mean and greedy.” And more than 80 veterans who had taken part in the famous D-Day landings in 1944 had gathered to remember those who gave their lives in the Second World War at a service at All Saints Church, Pavement, York.