A 'Reight Neet Aht' (Right Night Out) ran from 1936 to 1958. The first one was held at the Co-operative Ballroom on April 21st. 1936 and was an attempt to raise £50 for the Leeds Infirmary Appeal Fund. It was a 'neet' (night) of "Games, Competitions and Dancing to the Cess Bowen Band". Admission cost one shilling and six pence. The main event being a 'taws' (marbles) competition that was won by 90-year-old Billy Furniss.
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1937
This was billed as "A Taws Tournament with Dancing and Drinking" but the price had shot up to "Ye Sum of Three Shillings". Taws started at 7:30 p.m. followed by "Battledore and Shuttlecock" at 9 and Dancing at 9:30.
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1939
Took the form of "Games and Dancing" at the Co-operative Hall for a modest two shillings and six pence.
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1940
Despite the war this year saw a 'Stars' team led by George Formby and his wife Beryl playing against the local team once again at the Co-operative Hall. Although George was one of Britain's top stars at this time the cost had been reduced once again this time to two shillings.
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1950
This year saw the revival of the 'neet' in a more modest affair with a Castleford team playing a Wakefield team.
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1952
The event was held at the Wakefield Town Hall due to the fact that Wakefield had won the previous match and taken the cup home with them. The Wakefield team was made up of local Town Mayors and Dignitaries but despite this, or maybe because of this, the Castleford team were victorious and the cup returned to its rightful home.
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1953
The competition went international when an American team played a Yorkshire team in the Festival Hall. For a mere three shillings and six pence you could have watched Yorkshire beat America 5 to 2. The two American wins have got to be applauded in the light of the fact that the team, mainly servicemen, did not know how to play when the competition started.
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1955
In March of this year the competition reached a new height when Lady Docker, wife of Sir Bernard Docker (Chairman of B.S.A.) turned up in her zebra lined, gold plated Daimler with a team from B.S.A. to play a Castleford Factory Girls team. The venue was once again the Festival Hall but admission had now risen to an unbelievable six shillings.
In October of the same year the two teams met again this time at the B.S.A. factory in Birmingham.**********
1956
Saw the return of Lady Docker but this time her big guns team consisted of some of the most famous British sports personalities of the day. They included cricketers Len Hutton and John Wardle and footballer John Charles.
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1957
This was a more modest affair with a match between 'Yorkshire' and 'The Rest of the World' for the "Taws World Championship".
