100 years ago

Mrs Pankhurst had been released from Holloway Prison.

As no Assizes would be held at Guildford until the end of June, the authorities had considered it reasonable that the trial of Mrs Pankhurst should be expedited and they had consented to take the necessary steps towards moving the case to the Central Criminal Court, London, so that it could there be tried at the Sessions which would commence on April 1st.

Mrs Pankhurst, who had given an undertaking neither to incite others to commit, nor herself, directly or indirectly, to permit any breach of the criminal law during the period she would be at liberty pending her trial, had been admitted to bail in her own recognisances in the sum of £300, with two sureties at £250 each.

In addition to pillarbox outrages at Dover by Suffragettes recently it was found that they had visited the Dover golf links, the turf being torn up and the greens chalked with “Votes for women.” Cards inscribed “No votes, no golf” were also strewn about.


50 years ago

There was news of a useful reduction in the prices of one famous brand of better-class nylon stockings. These included several makes of the specially-knitted Lifelons, whose stitch was designed for extra-hardware and to prevent snags from running into ladders.

There were reductions of three shillings a pair on various Lifelons, from the most expensive stretch, at 19s 11d to the daytime wear at 15s 11d. The seamfree designs were unchanged in price, but other makes of stocking by the same firm also had reductions.


25 years ago

Ambitious plans to provide a city-wide network for York cyclists was shortly to be unveiled. Two-wheeled travellers might eventually be able to use 70 kilometres of routes developed with cyclists in mind.

Philip Noble, the city council’s cycle officer, had drawn up the proposals, which would be presented to the first meeting of the cycle coordinating group. The network had been developed as part of the council’s cycle strategy, which concentrated on promoting safety and reducing congestion in York, Britain’s second cycling city.

Under the scheme, the cycle routes would be established along quiet roads and on special cycle/pedestrian paths. Mr Mike Barnard, treasurer of the York Cycling Campaign, said the prime reasons were to provide safe routes for cyclists through York, to encourage people to swap from cars to bikes and to reduce congestion in the city.

There were believed to be 40,000 bicycles in York, with 36,000 cycle trips being made every day. Over 20 per cent of all journeys to work were made by bike.