Senior Journalist
Malcolm's biography
On June 6 and 7, 1977, more than one million people lined the streets of London to watch the Royal Family in procession to St Paul’s cathedral, while millions more watched on TV and held street parties across the country.
In Harrogate there were street parties, galas and even a visit from the Queen herself, who attended the Great Yorkshire Show.
Mr Cowling remembered that as the Queen was elderly, it was decided that they would drive to the far end of the showground and walk back.
He said: “I never thought I would be sat in the back of a Range Rover with the Queen. You don’t think these things are going to happen.
The Sun Pavilion and Colonnade is one of six sites given Grade II listed status today as part of the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
An old newspaper report said nurse Florrie Prest from Bilton she was of modest disposition and refused to speak about her service but admitted to once saving a person’s life from a blazing building in Iceland.
Refurbishment of a former Chinese takeaway on Leeds Road, Harrogate, has unveiled the sign of a tiny library that closed around 50 years ago.
There are Harrogatonians living in almost every corner of the globe.
Five of them tell the Stray Ferret about why they left, their favourite haunts in Harrogate from back in the day, and whether they would ever return.
Harrogate’s opulent Royal Hall has hosted ballet, theatre and opera in its 120-year history — but for many people, it’s memories of big blokes wrestling that they cherish the most.
Nostalgic photographs of people from Ripon and the surrounding area are providing an eye-catching outdoor new display in the city
From Britpop to indie to metal, dance music and hip-hop, the small shop on Oxford Street stocked a deceptively comprehensive selection of music. Award-winning cartoonist Tim Bird, who grew up in Harrogate, has paid tribute to it with a cartoon.
