... Resid speak PLANS for 450 houses at gates Quarry in Ripon sho .‘lfinpoopbmnvompon City Council have the slu by Redland Pr would be over-intensive. This week residents sent Borough Council’s plannin ing their objections to the F Redland want to build tl ...

... Speaking awards LOCAL successes in the county public speaking finals at Ripon City School earlier this month were as follows: n iR Junior: Chairman — third, Rachel Baul, Winksley-cum- Grantley YFC. Vote of thanks — third, Nyree Horner, Wharfedale. Panellists ...

... Speaking out FORMER Speaker of the House of Commons, Viscount Tonypandy, was the principal guest and speaker at Ripon Grammar School’s speech day on Friday. The former Mr. George Thomas had a captive audience as he gave a brief insight into his formative ...

... ENGLISH-SPEAKING Bench talk A SUCCESSFUL dinner was mn o Prospect Hotel, at the Harrogate, where members and Quests were weicomed by the Chairman, the Hon. Charlotte Stourton. The speaker was Mr. John Power. a Leeds JP, on the Meanderings of a Magistrate ...

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... Speaking out A welcome item in my mail this week was a copy of the latest issue of “Golf Greenkeeping and Course Maintenance” the official monthly magazine of the British Golf Greenkeepers’ Association which this year has achieved the proverbial lifespan ...

... Speaking on the buses THE monthly meeting leadership elections. of Ripon City Labour Party At the next meeting, it was held on June 15atThe js hoped to discuss vari- Ship, Bondgate. ous fund-raising projects Following routine re- so the branch will have ...

... Leader to speak THE LEADER of Harrogate Council, Coun Nigel Kitson, will be among a number of speakers at the Design Against Crime seminar to be held at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate, on Thursday, April 27. The seminar, organised by North Yorkshire Police ...

... Plain speaking A SENSE of humour is part and parcel of our High Side make-up. Many tales, legends, anecdotes, call them what you will, are still told and retold in these parts, and lose nothing by this repeated telling. These tales have been handed down ...

... RELATIVELY SPEAKING THE APPLAUSE at the end of the play showed just how well the Woodlands Drama Group had performed Relatively Speaking. And the performance was a sell-out success — more chairs even had to be put out in the overflowing hall at Woodlands ...

... ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION Hospital radio THE November meeting of the Union was heid In the Crown Hotel, Harrogate on Wednesday. The meeting was preceded by a luncheon, presided over :‘“ln B. Martin in the nce of the president, the Hon Charlotte Stowton. ...

... Norris speaks for freedom NORRIS McWHIRTER was due to speak at the Christmas meeting of the North Yorkshire branch of the Freedom Association in York last night. Mr. McWhirter, better known for his role with the Guinness Book of Records, is actively involved ...