January
Contents:
Birth of a Coalfield – 150 Years
Cinemas (Videos)
Gold medal International Dancing Masters
Pools Prize Winner
Royal Artillery Associations Cabaret Ball
Outstanding Work for Hospital
OBE in New Years Honours
Party for Mexborough Octogenarian
Soldier, Sailor, Airman – Meet in Singapore
Weddings (2)
February
Contents:
Birthday Present For Mexborough Sailor
Cinemas (Videos – including Roy Rodgers and Trigger !)
Chamber of Trade Annual Dinner
Landscapes in Memory – Bedfast Artist Keeps Bright His Remarkable Talents
Rotary Club Annual Dinner
Wedding
March
Contents:
Councillor Retiring
Extra Food Supplies Anomaly
– A Vigorous Protest
Extra Food Supplies Anomaly
– Drastic Action By Miners?
Floods follow Great Thaw
– Don and Dearne Overflow
Maggie the Magpie
– A lovable Mexborough Pet
Mexborough Royal Artillery Association
Mexborough Builder Dies at the Age of 65
Mexborough Youth Club pantomime “Mother Goose.”
Sledge Tragedy – Boy Under Trolley Bus
– Mate’s Lucky Escape
Soldier Missing in Burma 5 Years Ago
– Now Confirmed Dead
To See King and Queen
– Former Mexborough Couple in South Africa
Wedding – Preston & Brooks
April
Contents:
Mexborough’s Art Exhibition Talent
Dearne Valley Collieries in 1947
Butlin Dance at the Empress Ballroom
Mexborough R.A.A. dance
Chatted With Viceroy
Invalid Girl’s Pluck
– By Wheel Chair and Car to Train for Job
Weddings – Turton & Hornsby
– Nuttall & Mitchell
New Council Chairman
New Trolleybuses
Cinema – Empire
– Somebody Up There Likes Me (video)
College Choral Society
School Staff – “Too Young to marry”
To Play In France
May
Contents:
Splendid Service During Blizzard
– Newsagents Never Failed
Obituary – Joseph Wragg
Five generations of Smiths
News From Berlin
Weddings
– Pyott & Jackson
– Hanby & Wisker
Methodist Youth Music Festival
Scoutcraft Exhibition at Mexborough
On Regional Hospital Board
– Honour for Mr. A. R Martin
South Yorkshire Times Plant Visit
Vote for Limited Strike Action
Husband Takes Steel Post Near Rio
Stockport Job For Ex-Officer
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Grand
– Night in Casablanca (video)
School Exchange Plan
– Springs From Rome Meeting
June
Contents:
Humane Society Awards
Obituary – G.J.H. Arundel
King’s Message to ex-sailor
Appointed a Canon
– Former Vicar Honoured
Inner Wheel of Rotary
Going to Carmarthen
– Mr A.W.Youngs Leaving
British Legion Standard Bearers
Technical College Teacher
Swinton 170 for 8 Mexborough 101
– Seven Fell To Cadman
Yorkshire’s Coming Visit
Ex Pit Lads Ascot Win
July
Contents:
Smart Rescue at Mexborough
– Denaby Girl Saved From Canal
Another First Class Girl Guide
Guide Honoured
Scout Thank You Badge
Beauty Queen Finalist
Weddings
– Mitchell & Hancock
– Cowles & Tonks
– Sisters Wed Within Week
– Mexborough & Wyke Ceremonies
Two First Class Girl Guides
Bank Manager Leaving
Now Personal Assistant
Parish Church Garden Party
Triptych at Parish Church
Grammar School Sports
Mexborough Theatres Staff outing
August
Contents:
Balby Rail Crash – “Second Dunkirk”
– 68 victims – 7 Local Casualties…
Mexborough District BAA
“South Yorkshire Times ” in Egypt
First Chelsea Pensioner
– Mexborough Veteran Of Five Reigns
Weddings
– Grimes & Stanton
– Wood & Dawson
Flew HomeTo Dying Son’s Bedside
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic and Oxford
– The Root of All Evil – Blue…
Eliza Squires Cot at Montagu
New Post for Radiographer
Bill Bowes Autograph
Charity County Cricket Martch
Denaby 88. Mexborough 161
– Mexborough Score a “Double”
September
Contents:
Golden Wedding
– Mr & Mrs Donnison
Obituary Mr C. Marks
– Well Known Mexborough Grocer
Beauty Queen Finalist
Mexborough Woman in America
Weddings
– Prew & Wadsworth
– Atkinson & Whitehead
Amalgamation Common Ground.
Alfresco at the Garden Party
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Rainbow over Texas (video)
British Legion Cleethorpes Trip
Rotary & Inner Wheel Garden Party
Roman Terr Methodist Anniversary
October
Contents:
Trolley Bus Accident
Young Mother Killed
– Shocking Accident in High Street
Doctors 50 years of service
– To Live in Scarborough
Oldest Woman Resident
Wedding – Briscoe & Brotherton
Mexborough Youth Festival
Road Safety Queen
Scout Pageant – History at Castle
The Three Musketeers
– Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back
Mexborough Musical Festival
November
Contents:
Road Accident to Popular Teenager
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Song of Scheherezade (video)
Birmingham Post for Nurse
Hospital Sunday Movement
Committee’s £350 for Montagu
Constance Nichols’ RepCompany.
South Yorkshire Musical Comedy
Athletic Club Chairman Retiring
Committee’s Outstanding Record
December
Contents:
Rescue – Veteran Dies Of Burns
Gold & Silver Weddings – Mr & Mrs Black
Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Scott
Wedding – Hargreaves & Tutill
Glass WorksHuge Chimney Felled
Mexboro’ Chairman Disappointed
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Son of Dracula (video)
Mexborough Girl Organist
Sunday Schools’ King and Queen
Licensee Retires – Mr. W. Brammer
Dolcliffe Road Girl’s Cakes
Fever Tangle – Whose Liability ?
New Ferry Boat For Mexborough
– Old Denaby Service
“Busman’s Honeymoon,”
– Staff Dramatic Society
Carols Pick-Me-Up for Patient
Mexborough Tech Campers for Ireland
Schofield Street School
– “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
Letter from Bill Bowes