From the Courier archives
years ago
lined the streets of Halifax town centre for Armed Forces Day. Crowds clapped, cheered and waved as veterans, cadets and serving soldiers with the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s) marched through the town. The soldiers marched from the town hall to the Piece Hall and then to Halifax Minster for the laying up of the colours of the former Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding).
had to cut free a youth impaled on metal railings at Carlton Terrace, Halifax, at 2.30 in the morning. The spikes plunged through the 18-yearold’s armpit and out by his collarbone. When he tried to free himself the spikes became embedded even deeper. Firemen had to cut the railings so that paramedics could take him to hospital. years ago
council offices in Ripponden could be at the centre of the community with the support of local residents, according to Ripponden Parish Council, which has appealed to people to think again before voting to sell the Ryburn Rooms in Oldham Road. The parish council decided to hold a referendum on the offices after a stormy reaction from residents forced to pay an extra £12 on their poll tax bills to meet council costs. years ago
sales representative Ronald Oldham, aged 36, co-pilot of a light aircraft which crashed at Barkisland, is being treated at the Royal Halifax Infirmary for shock, bruises and friction burns. The plane overturned after striking the top of a wall during takeoff and broke its back. The pilot, David Whitham, a dairyman, of Wainstalls, Halifax, who dragged his friend from the wreckage, was treated for shock. The blue and white two-seater aircraft is jointly owned by the two men.
The Serbian Orthodox Church at Boothtown, Halifax, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the church’s consecration. Hundreds of Yugoslavs from all over the North of England attended a church service attended by members of the Yugoslav royal family, including Prince Tomislav, brother of King Peter, and his wife, Margharita, and Prince Andrew, another brother of the exiled king.