From the T&A...

25 years ago: Speedy mail was praised by Baildon man Tom Wood when his birthday card travelled 9,000 miles in just three days from Perth in Western Australia.

50 years ago: After eight days of back-breaking efforts in which hundreds of tons of rock were shifted at Addingham Moorside, Russ the Lakeland terrier was freed at last and reunited with his relieved owner.