October 1947
Trolley Bus Accident
South Yorkshire Times, October 18, 1947
No Passengers were injured when this trolley bus, travelling from Mexborough to Rotherham, crashed through a stone wail In...
Young Mother Killed – Shocking Accident in High Street
South Yorkshire Times October 4, 1947
Young Mother Killed
Shocking Accident in Mexborough High Street
After taking her two young children, Jackie (6) and Stanley (4) two...
Mexborough Doctors 50 years of service – To Live in Scarborough
South Yorkshire Times October 4, 1958
To Live in Scarborough
Mexborough Doctors 50 years of service
For more than 50 years a medical practitioner in Mexborough, Doctor...
Oldest Woman Resident – A Mexborough Nonagenarian
South Yorkshire Times November 8, 1947
Oldest Woman Resident
A Mexborough Nonagenarian
Believed to be Mexborough’s oldest woman resident, Mrs. Janet Ward. of 16, Carlyle Street. Mexborough,...
Wedding – Briscoe & Brotherton
South Yorkshire Times, October 18, 1947
Miss D Briscoe (Mexborough)
and Mr J Exley (Brotherton)
at Mexborough Parish Church
Mexborough Youth Festival
South Yorkshire Times, October 4, 1947
Familiar figure is Norman W. D. Yardley, Royston's England Test captain who was principal speaker at a Mexborough Youth...
Road Safety Queen
South Yorkshire Times, October 11, 1947
With Satchel and shining morning face—but not unwillingly to school — goes Mexborough's charming young Road Safety Queen, 13-year-old...
Scout Pageant – History Brought to life at Conisbrough Castle
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 4 1947
Scout Pageant
History Brought to life at Conisbrough Castle
The grey keep of Conisbrough Castle was carried hack...
The Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back – Their Price in Battle...
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...
Mexborough Musical Festival
South Yorkshire Times, October 18, 1947
Under the kindly eye of Mexborough Musical Festival adjudicator, Dr C Armstrong Gibbs, youthful competitors gather round the piano...