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Way we were
Saturday, November 27, 2004 100 years ago: A good cricket yarn was being told about Lord Hawke, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, in the clubs around the city. He was attending a banquet on the Continent, and feeling very lonely and "out of it", among so
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Get real
YORK householders' dreams of making a mint out of Royal Ascot received a setback today as they were told to "get real". Andrew Lindsay, president of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, said the idea that York people were going to let their houses
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Jimmy's stayer Rosie to bloom - 27/11/04
ROSIE Redman, the star of Jimmy Turner's Helperby stable, can play a leading role at Doncaster tomorrow. A progressive performer and a consistent money-spinner last season, Rosie Redman gave notice that her return to winning ways was imminent at Newcastle
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The County set
THE cream of Yorkshire's young rugby union players are on the rise at St Peter's School, York. Seven members of the first team have won county honours this season while winger Josh Storrs has also represented Yorkshire at U16 level. St Peter's magnificent
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Why Janet's my queen of the jungle
What is it about reality TV which turns even the most rational, intelligent person into an obsessive couch potato, with painful withdrawal symptoms if their daily fix is not satisfied? The latest offering fuelling our addiction is the return of I'm A
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Pots of ideas
It's time to clear the decks and fill pots with plants for winter cheer, advises Gina Parkinson. THE weather has remained relatively mild through November and many tender bedding plants have managed to hold on to their leaves and a few flowers. However
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Gray matters
NO one is more surprised than David Gray to be playing in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York tomorrow. He snatched a 9-8 victory from the jaws of defeat last night to earn a clash with the winner of tonight's semi-final at the Barbican
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Lee pledges to hit goal trail
PLAYER-COACH Lee Nogan is determined to end his barren spell and has also called on his fellow strikers to share the responsibility of firing York City up the Conference table. Andy Bishop has netted four times this season but the Minstermen's other recognised
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Fitzwilliam String Quartet; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
THE lure of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet returning to their stamping ground would alone have promised a full house for the British Music Society's promotion last night. But the extra attraction of clarinettist Lesley Schatzb-erger made it a certainty
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The County set
THE cream of Yorkshire's young rugby union players are on the rise at St Peter's School, York. Seven members of the first team have won county honours this season while winger Josh Storrs has also represented Yorkshire at U16 level. St Peter's magnificent
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Makeover for messy students
COUNCIL and university leaders have joined forces in York to help dispel the image of the "messy student" - and keep the city clean. The partnership is intended to ensure that the city's student population understands how to dispose of household waste
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China-frown
THIRSTY thieves who stole themselves a taste of the Orient have been left with egg fried rice on their faces. Two barrels of a strong Chinese beer, called Sun-Lik, were taken from the rear of the Oriental Pearl Cantonese restaurant, at Clifton Moor, York
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Action, at last
I THINK that this shows that we do try to take action against people who flout regulations" (Report, November 25). What? Really? After 94 parking tickets in an un-taxed car? Nice and efficient then! DA Holden, Longcroft, Wigginton, York. Updated: 09:52
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Swim with us
Having read the many letters about the lack of swimming facilities in York, I wonder how many of your readers have heard of New Earswick Swimming Club. We offer up to nine and a half hours of recreational swimming to our members, mainly on an evening
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It's time for masons to be honest
AT last through your pages we have seen something that Fulford residents have been trying to achieve for weeks now - a response from the president of the Masonic Benevolent Institution (Letters, November 21). And what a generous public spirited man he
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Cash aid for York talent
DEDICATED young amateur sportsmen and women across York can benefit from a pot of cash set aside to aid their progress. A reminder has gone out to talented youngsters who live or go to school in York that grants are available from the York and District
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A through road
SO the majority of residents in Straylands Grove and surrounding streets want to effectively privatise "their" road by means of a rising bollard, and they don't even have to pay for the privilege. All they have to do is add to the volume of traffic along
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Gray matters
NO one is more surprised than David Gray to be playing in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship final in York tomorrow. He snatched a 9-8 victory from the jaws of defeat last night to earn a clash with the winner of tonight's semi-final at the Barbican
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These joyful gifts
WITH reference to Charles Hunt's letter (November 25), for years I have been involved with the Christmas Shoebox Appeal through 'Operation Christmas Child' and all I have experienced has been happiness. It has been a real joy to see pleasure on the children's
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Clamped car owner gets vehicle back
THE owner of a VW polo which clocked up 94 parking fines for illegally parking in every City of York Council car park has come forward to claim the car. The offending vehicle was the first to be clamped under a new council policy to crack down on persistent
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Crossed lines
THE much-maligned new parking restrictions around York could now affect York City Knights fans on match-days. City of York Council has put double yellow lines all the way down Jockey Lane between Monks Cross and Huntington, which runs adjacent to the
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Get real
YORK householders' dreams of making a mint out of Royal Ascot received a setback today as they were told to "get real". Andrew Lindsay, president of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, said the idea that York people were going to let their houses
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Crossed lines
THE much-maligned new parking restrictions around York could now affect York City Knights fans on match-days. City of York Council has put double yellow lines all the way down Jockey Lane between Monks Cross and Huntington, which runs adjacent to the
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Stainsforth to Giggleswick
Guest walker Mark Reid takes a cheerful walk through the Happy Valley. SETTLE is a bustling market town set amongst the rolling limestone hills of Ribblesdale. During the 17th Century the town prospered as traffic increased along the old packhorse routes
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Royal couple
IT is an abdication every bit as shocking as that of Edward VIII. Their highnesses Dave and Sally Smith, king and queen of the Royal Oak in Goodramgate, are relinquishing their throne. Their 27 year reign ends on Monday. And so too does their proud record
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Tippers snookered but still sinks reds
I haven't been sinking as many reds as the snooker players in the Travis Perkins UK Open Championship this week but here's a good pack to split open. Always in the frame at Christmas are clarets, or Bordeaux wines as they should be better known. Good
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Intravel,Castle Howard Estate
PAYING a second visit to the Castle Howard estate in as many weeks, we spotted what looked like a barn conversion. Beside it was a prominent sign, "caf". There is a large car park and wheelchair access to the caf is excellent. The building is shared with
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Take guard of the drop stuff
IF lessons are to be learned from last season's dramatic tumble out of the Football League, it is that all talk of reaching the play-offs must be banished now and York City must first concentrate on preserving their presence in the Nationwide Conference
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Regiments must 'bite the bullet'
TWO historic Army regiments based in York and North Yorkshire must "bite the bullet" and accept they will be scrapped in a radical military shake-up, a senior defence official has warned. Single-battalion regiments such as the Green Howards, which recruits
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£182,OOO home tag
HOUSE prices in York have soared by 131 per cent in the past five years, pushing the cost of the average property in the city to more than £182,000. According to a survey by The Halifax, York and Chester saw the joint 11th biggest price increase among
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Sell this car to highest bidder
I READ with interest the article "York street parking blitz" surrounding news that the City of York Council is at last doing something about persistent parking offenders (November 25). Although I wholeheartedly agree with this stance, I'm a little dismayed
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'Rita' film Marie back at school
A York woman who made a radical career change from hairdresser to teacher has "come home". For mother-of-three Marie Ledgeway, 43, has got her first teaching job at the school were she went as a youngster - St Wilfrid's School in Monkgate - a move she
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Speed things up
Like Mr Rubinstein (Letters, November 23), I'm sick of seeing cars (and cycles, speaking as a keen cyclist) in the footstreets. However, let's not give up! The law has just been changed to allow traffic wardens to deal with moving traffic offences - but
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Wrong decisions
COUN Reid is wrong to suggest that planning committees have little option but to approve all flat developments regardless of how appropriate they are to the local area (November 13). Government guidelines quite rightly suggest a preference for brownfield
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Trousers were round man's ankles
AN ELDERLY man and CCTV operators got an eyeful when Alan Brown visited New Earswick shopping area, York Magistrates Court heard. The 25-year-old man was wearing his trousers and pants round his ankles, Robert Galley, prosecuting, said. Brown, of Sycamore
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Ice age
A FESTIVE fantasy land appeared as if from nowhere to transform a York city centre street. The spellbinding scene was created with the aid of exotic nymphs and snow-laden Christmas trees, to light up a Coney Street shop. There was no "bath-humbug" at
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Wiggnton's rare defeat
IT Sports Wigginton's unbeaten run in the Yorkshire Premier Squash League came to an abrupt end as they crashed 4-1 away to arch-rivals Pontefract. Their first defeat of the season still leaves them 20 points clear at the top of the table going into the
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You pay for it
ONCE again I see the rising bollard is about to strike (November 23). While I have much sympathy for residents in the area, I am incensed by this, and more so by Peter Evely praising such methods. The council caused this problem in the first place by
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Pulling power
Indoor rowers from York pulled in the medals at the British Championships in Birmingham. Leading the way were silver medallists Malcolm Fawcett and Philip Stubley. Fawcett, 64, clocked seven minutes 8.4 seconds over the Olympic regatta distance of 2,000
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Stamping down on booze crime
As York Police began their clampdown on pre-Christmas drunken disorder, NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN joined officers on the city's streets. LATE-NIGHT revellers, teetering towards the brink of their senses, were warned off creating any booze-fuelled trouble
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Lee pledges to hit goal trail
PLAYER-COACH Lee Nogan is determined to end his barren spell and has also called on his fellow strikers to share the responsibility of firing York City up the Conference table. Andy Bishop has netted four times this season but the Minstermen's other recognised
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Green-thinking greenkeepers' glee
BIGGA and best - that's a title earned by the go-getting green-keeping team at Fulford Golf Club. The club, which celebrates its centenary in 2006, has won the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) environmental award for the
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Frankie C's, 50-52 Walmgate, York.
Dave Stanford gets reacquainted with a York bistro. SOME six years ago, just as the eating out experience in York was at the start of a welcome renaissance, Evening Press scribe Barry Neild gave a fledgling city-centre bistro a major boost. Back then,
