MYSTERIOUS window-slashers were touring the North-East 100 years ago this week attacking scores of plate glass shop windows in many towns. “The sensation of the moment is what is popularly known as the window-slashing campaign,” reported the Echo’s sister paper, the weekly Darlington & Stockton Times. “The activities of the mischievous people engaged in it are so widespread and mysterious that something like consternation reigns.” The elusive window-slashers, said the D&S, walked apparently innocently along but had a diamond or a glazier’s cutter hidden in their hand, which they drew across the window. “Whether the agents are men or women or, as seems probably, both, remains to be seen,” said the paper. “Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is considerably exercised over the matter.”
Following Monday s Week 7 games, Nick Stevens provides update on playoff bubble
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HighSchoolOT managing editor Nick Stevens updates the football playoff bubble after Monday night s games, which included some tie-breakers and elimination games.
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Hello, everybody. Welcome to high school OT. I m Nick Stevens, and I m gonna do a brief update for you here on the football playoff projections after last night s games. It s Tuesday morning. We did have a bunch of games across the state last night on Monday night that some of them do did have an impact on the playoff projections. We broke some ties, which is always good. Uh, and now the bubble is again starting to come into a better focus, as we have just about four days left now in the regular season. So what I m gonna do today is walk you through the different scenarios or the different bubbles in each of the four classifications. We ll
THE sombre toll of church bells rang out across a former mining community today as people stopped to remember those who lost their lives in one of the region’s worst pit disasters. Every year Stanley pauses to pay its respects to the 168 men and boys who died when an explosion ripped through the Burns Pit at 3.45pm on February 16, 1909. There is a usually a gathering and memorial service at the pit wheel, near North Durham Academy, near the site of the tragedy. This year, due to lockdown restrictions because of the Covid crisis, the 112th anniversary was marked today with a wreath-laying, by Councillor Carole Hampson, the Mayor of Stanley.
In the League: Keenan Allen scores again, Humphries, Crossen shine in Week 14
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Keenan Allen scored another touchdown while several other North Carolina high school football alumni turned in strong performances in Week 14 of the NFL season.
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Hello, everybody. And welcome back to high school OT in the league. It is our weekly show here on high school t where we talk about the weeks that are the people who went to our played high school football North Carolina had in the NFL on it was another good week for our guys. Um, Joel as always, Joining me. Joel Bryant How How did you enjoy this week of football? It was good. Um, our primetime games this week. We re pretty good. I don t think the ones next week, you re gonna be as good, but especially last time that Monday night football game. Um, I turned off a little bit after halftime, but I saw the way Twitter was reacting to it. So I go