Garth McBean, one of Jamaica's senior lawyers, says he has been "vindicated" by the Court of Appeal, which ruled against Gorstew Limited and its quest to have him and two other attorneys cited for professional misconduct over a case they prosecuted for the company.
Here, Robin Longbottom examines how a South Craven village became the centre of production for a new electric washing machine WHEN mains electricity arrived in Cross Hills and Glusburn towards the end of the 1920s, a host of new household appliances suddenly became available to ease the work of the housewife. Electric lighting meant that there were no more oil lamps to clean, polish and refill. The old flat iron, that had to be heated on the stove or fire, could be replaced by an electric one and electric vacuum cleaners largely did away with the dust pan, brush and carpet beater.