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The investigation into the fire was still ongoing Tuesday, with Hickory Fire Inspector Thomas Raper saying the department was looking for people who may have witnessed the fire.
The investigation into the fire was still ongoing Tuesday, with Hickory Fire Inspector Thomas Raper saying the department was looking for people who may have witnessed the fire.
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More than 800 large red bags filled with clothes and toys sat on rows of tables, waiting to be given to a family in need.
“THE tiny village of Langthorne, near Bedale, is dying,” announced The Northern Echo, the D&S Times’ sister paper, in 1964. “Year by year, more of the 21 houses in the village are condemned and families move out. Already, 10 houses are under closing orders.” There were no nameboards at the entrance to the village, no signposts pointing to it; the village pub, The Crown, was closed and condemned; there was no main sewerage and 95 per cent of houses still had earth closets. Most of the houses, said 68-year-old Fred Pocklington, were “tumbling down”, and garage owner Ronald M...