CRAVEN farmers took a bit of convincing when the whole idea of the Women’s Land Army (WLA) and ‘land girls’ was presented to them back in the hard days of the Second World War. Farmers were ‘more than a little sceptical about the wisdom of employing lasses’ reported the Craven Herald 75 years ago, in April, 1946. The paper was following up reports from the WLA that it had received a ‘raw deal’ from some authorities, which was a pity said the Herald, which concluded that the land girls had done an excellent job, many had settled down in the area, and that their efforts were still needed in peace time.
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DALESBus summer services return to the Yorkshire Dales starting on Saturday with the return of the popular 74 service. This year the 74 service will run from Bradford calling at Ilkley, Addingham and Bolton Bridge and then divert via Embsay, before climbing up over Halton Moor with panoramic views across Barden Moor and surrounding dales to Simon’s Seat, before descending to Barden Tower, Burnsall and Grassington. Services leave Ilkley Bus Station at 10.15am, 12.45pm and 3.45pm. Return services from Grassington National Park Centre leave at 11.30am, 2.30pm and 5pm. From Sunday the all-year round Cravenlink 884 service between Ilkley and Skipton will be extended for the summer months to start from Bradford calling at Shipley and Guiseley to Ilkley and to continue from Skipton to Gargrave, Airton and Malham. Buses leave Ilkley Bus Station at 10.15am and Skipton Bus Station at 10.45am, 12.30pm and 3.30pm. Return services from Malham National Park Centre depart at 11.45am, 2.50
Adam Matthew William Lee A MAN who tried to persuade a series of people he thought were girls to perform sexual acts online and sent them obscene photos has been jailed. Adam Matthew William Lee, 31, believed the three people he contacted over three months via social media were schoolgirls aged 13 and 14, said David Lamb, prosecuting. But they were really adults, and when he revealed one part of his address, one of the adults was able to track him down and told police where he lived. After hearing details of what Lee had said and sent to the three people, Recorder Andrew Dallas said: “It is extremely disturbing. It is very serious. It shows you were behaving in a way that was predatory.
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