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Lord Halifax’s Burglary

October 1947
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 07 October 1947 Lord Halifax's Story of Alleged Burglary Lord Halifax was a witness at the West Riding Quajter...

Billy Thompson – Path to the Crown

October 1947
South Yorkshire Times October 1947 Path to the Crown Billy Thompson, the new British lightweight champion, began to box as an amateur at the age of...

Billy Thompson Gets Big Welcome – Huge Street Procession

October 1947
Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 18 October 1947 Billy Thompson Gets Big Welcome Huge Street Procession BILLY THOMPSON, the new British lightweight boxing champion, was...

Billy Thompson Wins Lightweight Title – Hawthorne Beaten in Third Round

October 1947
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 17 October 1947 Billy Thompson Wins Lightweight Title Hawthorne Beaten in Third Round Billy Thompson, the Hickleton Main...

Boxing Champion – A Gigli Fan

October 1947
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 18 October 1947 Boxing Champion - A Gigli Fan New British light-weight boxing champion Billy Thompson will probably seek wider...

Dentist Hailed Billy in the Ring

October 1947
South Yorkshire Times October 25, 1947 Goldthorpe Dentist Hailed Billy in the Ring I went over to Liverpool for last week’s lightweight title fight, with four...

Yorkshire Family Gave Up Rations for Big Fight

October 1947
Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 16 October 1947 Yorkshire Family Gave Up Rations for Big Fight To-Night at five minutes to 10, a slight, middle-aged...

Thurnscoe Harmonic Male Voice Choir – Perfectly Astonishing Performance

November 1947
Nottingham Journal - Monday 17 November 1947 Praise For East Midland Singers High Standards at Nottingham Festival Performances of an exceptionally high standard drew enthusiastic praise...

W V S Presentation to British Legion

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 8, 1947 Presented a cheque for £70 13s on behalf of the WVS at Thurnscoe to Mr H Hardman, chairman of...

Thurnscoe Junior Girls School Presentation

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times, November 15, 1947 Mr SC hacking, Editor of the "South Yorkshire Time" Series of newspapers, presepresenting to Mary Crofts on behalf of...