25 years ago: West Yorkshire regeneration chiefs turned down pleas from the vicar of St James’s Church in Thornton for funds to stop the church, where Patrick Bronte was once curate, from falling down.
50 years ago: The Wharfedale Local Association of Boy Scouts received £500 from an anonymous donor towards a water supply and drainage at a camp site in Curly Hill, Ilkley.
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1957: Emergency Ward 10, the first continuous TV series began on ITV – it was shown twice-weekly for ten years.
1985: EastEnders began on BBC TV.
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