Wetherby, River Wharfe 1909
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In the 1920s, Tom Richmond's West End Boating Stage offered rowing, Canadian-style skiffs and punts. A motor boat plied between here and Collingham Bridge. Behind the houses was Raby Park, an imposing housing development stimulated by the arrival of the railway. The area was named after the Vicar of Wetherby, the Rev William Raby, whose name was also taken by the local cinema which opened in 1915 to entertain the troops. In the 1940s it became the Rodney, and it remains open as the Wetherby Film Theatre.
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