4th
January 1972 - Taken From Express Readers Letters
May
I first introduce myself. My Name is Peter Van Der Spek. As a boy of 14
I spent half a year in your town, in a camp for Dutch children ..more
1st
February 1972 -
Another Letter
Another
letter has arrived from Peter Van der Spek, the Dutchman who still
remembers with delight his six months stay in a camp for Dutch children
in Pontefract 27 years ago...
more
24th
February 1972 - A Famous Death in the Town Hall
While
London has its Nelson's column, Pontefract has its Nelson’s model -
or, as it is sometimes called, Nelson’s tablet - and few who have ever
visited the old Town Hall can be unaware of the fact. ...more
27th
April 1972 - Entertaining Memories of Hope Terrace
His
feet held by a rope noose, the man dangled head first from a girder in
Front Street, Pontefract, viewing faces of the gasping crowd as he
struggled to free himself from a straightjacket. ...more
4th
May 1972 - Cavaliers and Roundheads
The
days of the Cavaliers and the Roundheads are being revived in
Pontefract, where recruitment for the Society of Cavaliers has begun.
...more
8th
June 1972 - True Love Never Runs Smooth
The
course of true love ne’er runs smooth and the experience of a friend’s
nine-year-old bears out this adage. ...more
6th
July 1970 - Lively ‘Brochure’ Revue
The
St. Giles' Amateur Pantomime Society provided a carefree summer show
for all the family with its production, ‘Holiday 72’. ...more
6th
July 1972 - Welcomed With A Bang
Tuesday
went with a bang at Pontefract Boys School for 17 American guests from
Morristown, New Jersey. ...more
13th
July 1972 - Tanshelf Sees the End of its Shopping Era
The
last shop at Tanshelf, Pontefract, run single-handed by Mrs Minnie
Holmes for the past 35 years, closed yesterday. ...more
17th
August 1972 - Great Time In Rhodesia
A
Pontefract couple, visiting their two daughters in Rhodesia, met the
Prime Minister, Mr. Ian Smith, were invited to a cocktail party with the
President and Mrs Dupont and attended the ceremonial opening of
Parliament. ...more
31st
August 1972 - Resigns as Coroners Officer
After
four years in the post, P.C. Douglas House, has resigned as Coroner’s
Officer for the Pontefract Police Division. ...more
2nd
November 1972 - Lord Rosse Opens New Scout H.Q.
The
Earl of Rosse officially opened Cooke Hall in Bondgate –the new
headquarters of the 1st Pontefract Scout Group. ...more
9th
November 1972 - Pontefract Brushmaker Retires
When
an 82-year-old Pontefract brush-maker retires at the end of this year,
it will mean the end of his craft as far as Pontefract is concerned -
but the atmosphere will be preserved through arrangements being made to
transfer the interior of his workshop to a museum. ...more
