FROM this newspaper 100 years ago.

The North Riding of Yorkshire and Teesside Football Association have passed a judgment on Brompton Football Club, in regard to their treatment of a referee after a match with Northallerton.

The association have suspended Brompton until the 26th of this month. The club must not play within a radius of five miles of the ground.

The association also urged upon the North Yorkshire League the necessity of appointing neutral referees.

It should be recollected that Brompton and the committee are only blamed for not taking more vigorous steps for preventing what occurred and to protect the referee, Mr JM Miller.

But an impetuous crowd is difficult to control.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. - Twenty scattered farms in the parishes of Scargill and Hope, high on the isolated and windswept district between the Roman road from Bowes to Scotch Corner and Arkengarthdale, will benefit from the telephone service which officially opened on Thursday.

The line to the kiosk is the longest to be laid in the whole Middlesbrough telephone area and cost £979.

It was officially opened by Mrs Norman Field, of Lartington Hall, a member of Startforth Rural Council, exactly four-and-a-half years to the day when the first request was made by the council.

An excessive amount of labour and materials was used due to the difficult and rocky terrain. A blasting operation had to be carried out over half the route. Three miles of underground cable were laid and nine miles of single wire was needed.

The scheme provides for six private subscribers - Scargill Lodge, the Forestry Commission and four farms - in addition to the public kiosk.

Mrs Field made the first call, dialed 'Middlesbrough 2000', and spoke to the area manager. Col J R Sutcliffe, conveying to him the people's thanks.

From this newspaper 25 years ago. The 340 pupils of Yarm Conyers School, better known as the old Yarm Grammar School, are to move into their new school in Green Lane within weeks.

The new building, on the back road to Richmond, is only a stone's thrown from the old school.

Michael Watts, headmaster for the past nine years, is looking forward to the greatly improved facilities and being able to take on an extra 150 pupils between the ages of 11-18.

Conyers became a comprehensive school last year.