100 years ago

THE first of a series of four lectures had been delivered at the Acomb Adult School by Mr FJ Gillman on “Belgium.”

The lecture was illustrated by an excellent set of lantern slides. The lecture was appreciated by a large audience. An interesting feature was the singing of the Belgian national anthem by a refugee, M. Godenne, who was accompanied by his son on the violin. The chairman, Mr Philip Burtt JP, was heartily thanked for his services.

Mr Gillman was also thanked for his interesting and instructive lecture and the audience were looking forward to his next lecture on “German Philosophy and the War.”

 

50 years ago

THE Yorkshire Coast joint actions committee of the Chamber of Trade was to press for the building of the bridge across the Humber to improve trade and traffic between the South and the East Yorkshire coast.

The cost of the bridge was currently estimated, in the light of the Severn and Forth bridges, at £11½m instead of the earlier estimate of £16m. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Dunn, secretary of the committee, said that they had decided to give it full support and press for it as soon as possible. We now represent 100a hundred miles of the coast from Withernsea to Saltburn.

We consider the bridge of national and not regional importance, and we are convinced that it would bring a great increase in trade and holiday trade to the North East coast, not only from Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but from the whole of the South.

 

25 years ago

THE Yorkshire Museum had proudly unveiled a £400,000 extension, its largest in 70 years. A major renovation resulted in the opening of four air-conditioned galleries, a new shop, new library, refurbished entrance foyer and a new lift and staircase for disabled people.

Prof Brian Morris, chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission, announced that the revamped building was in the running for the Museum of the Year Award. But the scene had an eerie twist to the tale as the library, which had been transferred to the first floor, had once been the scene of a well-documented ghost story. It was said that a ghostly hand was seen to have pulled one of the books from the shelf and dropped it to the floor.

The galleries would be home to zoological and geological exhibitions. One of the more unusual features of the new galleries was a huge chunk of stone embedded into the floor. The stone was about 900 years old and had been discovered by workers carrying out the alterations. The extension was redesigned to incorporate the unexpected extra feature.