Way we were

100 years ago

Another serious motorcar accident had occurred at Bridlington. A car proceeding along High Street, got beyond the control of the driver, owing to the slippery state of the wooden blocks of which the road was made up.

In descending the slope midway between St John Street and the Market Place the car gained impetus, and at first refused to answer the brakes.

Eventually it was brought almost to a standstill, but restarted, and dashed into the front of the house occupied by Mr Nixon, jeweller, High Street. The doorjamb was wrecked, and the car, from the force of the impact, rebounded into the roadway and revolved twice as though it had been on a pivot. One of the occupants was thrown out, but was not seriously injured, and two young ladies in the car suffered a good deal from shock.

50 years ago

Three unions representing workers in the entertainment industry had sent telegrams to the Football League, protesting at the League's plan to allow Soccer matches to be televised.

Representatives of the 92 clubs in the League were discussing the management committee's recommendation to accept terms offered by Associated Television to televise the second half of one League match on each of 35 Saturdays during the coming season.

Sir Tom O'Brien, MP, General Secretary of the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees, said that Saturday night football matches would be a knock-out blow to most of the provincial theatres and to many cinemas which depended on their Saturday night's takings to get through the week.

25 years ago

A unique collection of Royal commemorative teapots was on display in a York teashop but there was one glaring omission. The smiling faces of Prince Charles and Lady Diana were nowhere to be seen among the teapots on display at Taylor's, Stonegate. Mr Jonathan Wild, shop director, said: "I've been looking around for months for a decent Charles and Diana pot but I can't find one anywhere."

The collection had grown up over the previous 100 years. "We've got a number of curiosities, like the Royal Doulton self-pourer on which you pump a handle and the tea pours out," said Mr Wild, an Oxford history graduate. The oldest teapot in the collection commemorated Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

With nine days to go to the Royal wedding, Mr Wild had featured a selection of historic teapots in a display case in the shop. The events they commemorated included the wedding of the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia in 1858, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee of 1887, her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and the Coronation in 1953.