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Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends

April 1951
South Yorkshire Times  April 7, 1951 Towns' Census Watch Mexborough and District Population Trends The five Urban Councils of Mexborough, Conisbrough, Dearne, Swinton and Wath will be...

Cricket Prospects

28 April 1951
South Yorkshire Times, April 21, 1951 Cricket Prospects Hickleton secretary Harry Goldthorpe tells me  that they will begin the new season with pretty much the same...

Tailpiece – One Mistake’s Enough

May 1951
South Yorkshire Times May 5, 1951 Tailpiece “I’ve got a complaint,” said the irate worker to the cashier, “I’m 10 shillings short in my pay packet,” “Oh!”...

Thurnscoe Hill Boys Football Team

May 1951
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1951 Thurnscoe Hill Boys, who in the lead in Dearne Section of the Don and Dearne Junior League, were beaten...

Hickleton Main Youth Club.

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times June 2, 1951 At Hickleton Main Ambulance Hall on Friday, Mr. F. Mikes presents Mr. C. Price with the Mexborough Junior Cup...

“Miss Yorkshire” – 50 Chosen for Area Final at Mexborough

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1951 "Miss Yorkshire" 50 Chosen for Area Final at Mexborough The South Yorkshire Times" Series competition to find a candidate for Miss...

Dearne School Sports

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times of June 16 1951 Dearne School Sports Fawcett of Thurnscoe Hill Modern School, who held the lead nearly all the distance to win...

Dearne Schools Music Festival

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times of June 16 1951 Dearne Schools Music Festival A sea of smiling faces greeted our photographer at the close of the Dearne...

Marconigrams

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times June, 1951 Marconigrams June 2 Intruders who broke into Wombwell Main WMC took a dozen, bottles of brandy. There was a 70 per cent turn...

Tailpieces

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times June, 1951 Tailpieces June 2 A Young Lad working at an isolated dales farm suddenly decided to leave his situation. Asked why, by a friend,...