- Hair Salon on Fire now Boot's Chemists, Wheelgate. Mrs & Mrs Crawshaw lived in the flat above and rehoused on Highfield Road. Wath Quarries had these premises as their Malton Office during 1947/48.
- Yorkshire Herald had their offices in Saville Street.
- Malton & Norton Urban Councils were commended on their programme which formed the Holiday-at-Home Week. The principal streets of Malton & Norton were decorated, and the profits will go to the Malton Hospital, Malton & Norton District Nursing Association, and Malton & Norton Youth Organisations. A children's fun fair, with roundabouts. Swings, and donkeys was held at Newgate, Malton and was at Norton Royal Oak Square until last Wednesday. On of the best attractions of the week was the Norton Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund Gift Shop at Messrs R Hornsey & sons, Commercial Street, Norton. The Gift Shop was formally opened last Saturday by the East Riding Director of the Red Cross, Mrs De Yarburgh-Bateson. The Chairman (Mr W Frankish) said that since the beginning of the year £400 had been raised by a variety of efforts. At least 40 men from Norton were prisoners of war, requiring a 10s parcel each week, a total of £20 a week. He said the response to the appeal for gifts was "staggering" and it was hoped to raise £200 at the shop in the coming week. (Extract from the Yorkshire Herald Saturday August 7th 1943)
- 3 Bombs were dropped in the vicinity of Highfield Road Pasture Lane Junction around 1944 trying to hit the Electric Sub Station.
- Bower's Restaurant in 1983 was to be sold with the loss of jobs for 20 full and part-time staff. The building stood on the corner of Finkle Street and Wheelgate. The Restaurant was opened by Mr Bower in 1955 and ran it for 28 years. The premises included a Coffee Bar & Restaurant where meals have been served and functions held for many years
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