In February, 2001, footpaths were shut, events and sporting events stopped and sales of animals banned. Two decades ago the auction mart was stopped from opening. It would be 12 months before sales started again, causing huge anguish for farmers. For only the second time in its long history, the Craven Herald abandoned its traditional front page adverts and replaced it with the heartbreaking picture of Hellifield farmer Richard Barron standing among his herd of dairy cows which was slaughtered as a contiguous cull. The first occasion adverts were replaced was to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On that fateful day in Hellifield, Mr Barron would lose 337 cattle and around 900 sheep.
In February, 2001, footpaths were shut, events and sporting events stopped and sales of animals banned. Two decades ago the auction mart was stopped from opening. It would be 12 months before sales started again, causing huge anguish for farmers. For only the second time in its long history, the Craven Herald abandoned its traditional front page adverts and replaced it with the heartbreaking picture of Hellifield farmer Richard Barron standing among his herd of dairy cows which was slaughtered as a contiguous cull. The first occasion adverts were replaced was to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On that fateful day in Hellifield, Mr Barron would lose 337 cattle and around 900 sheep.