1947
Boys High Jump Winner
South Yorkshire Times July 26, 1947
R Davies (Thurnscoe Hill) winning the boys high jump on Dearne District schools first combined sports at Bolton on...
Balby Rail Crash – “Second Dunkirk” – 68 victims – 7 Local Casualties...
South Yorkshire Times August 16, 1947
“Second Dunkirk” rail smash
68 victims
Man and Wife in Seven Local Casualties
Another, Widow A Week
The 68 victims of Saturday’s...
For the Royal College
South Yorkshire Times August 2, 1947
For the Royal College
Mr Douglas Proudley, only son of Mr and Mrs T Proudley, 5 Tudor Street, Thurnscoe, has...
In Holland
South Yorkshire Times August 23, 1947
In Holland
Mrs E Burtoft, 129 Thornley Crescent Thurnscoe left for Bithoven, Holland yesterday (Thursday) under the WVS exchange hospitality...
Lord Halifax’s Loss
Yorkshire Evening Post - Wednesday 13 August 1947
Lord Halifax's Loss
On a charge breaking into a dwelling house owned by Lord Halifax at Hlckleton...
Strike Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits & 50,000...
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 04 September 1947
Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily
42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved
Government May...
Thurnscoe Coronation Club
South Yorkshire Times September 6, 1947
Exchange of gifts was photographed at the Thurnscoe Coronation club on Saturday.
Carvers were presented to the steward and stewardess...
Infantile Paralysis – Cases at Thurnscoe
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 01 August 1947
More Cases in the North
In the West Riding administrative area the number of cases...
She Came Again
South Yorkshire Time October 18, 1947
She Came Again
Marlene Yardley (right), Thurnscoe, winner of 12-14 years piano solo at Friday’s session, came to Mexborough Musical...
The Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back
South Yorkshire Times October 25, 1947
The Three Musketeers
Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back
Their Price in Battle For Coal
All battles result in many casualties and the battle...