LEDGARD & Wynn was a popular high quality furniture store in Skipton and not too far into our distant past. In fact the store only closed in 2008, having moved from the high street into High Corn Mill around 20 years earlier. Its owner, Bryan Preston, blamed out-of-town superstores and the ‘flood of cheap, mass-produced goods from China’ as the main reason for its demise. We are not sure what date this photo was taken or who the gentleman is standing outside, but the store was advertising its showrooms filled with Christmas gift stock as well as furniture and Slumberland products. It also provided work for several people in town who have fond memories.
Polling stations are open until 10pm VOTERS have until 10pm this evening (Thursday) to take part in Craven District Council and North Yorkshire County Council by-elections. Also taking place is the North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election and some parish council elections. By-elections are taking place in the Craven District Council seats of Barden Fell and Penyghent, and in the Ribblesdale division of North Yorkshire County Council. Normal elections to both councils have been suspended because of the Government consultation into local government reorganisation. All-out Pendle Council elections, as well as Lancashire County Council and police and crime commissioner elections, are taking place as normal, as the area is not undergoing local government reorganisation.
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Labour candidate Tyler Reeton.
Tyler Reeton, 19, is standing in his first election for the Labour Party and is one of six candidates competing to fill the Bilton and Nidd Gorge seat left vacant following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Geoff Webber.
Voting will take place on Thursday and Mr Reeton said tackling anti-social behaviour is his top priority as he also promised to launch a new annual event to bring the community back together .
He said: While I m young at 19-years-old, that doesn t make me any less passionate than the ordinary person - I will be a fresh face and the only candidate who will be truly accountable to residents.
Coun Ed Darling.
The group has been working with Coun Ed Darling and residents of the Appleby estate to secure funding to renew the play area.
A spokesman for Rennaisance Knaresborough explained: “This project has been running for just over a year with a fundraising charge supported by Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire County and Knaresborough Town councils, Knaresborough Lions, Rotary and Relief in Need.
“We have now secured 10 per cent of the final cost of renewing the play area.”.
An application has been submitted to the FCC Landfill Communities Fund for the remaining 90 per cent costs.
The group is eligible to apply due to the area’s proximity to the Allerton Waste Recovery Park.