South Yorkshire Times July 23, 1949

Round Your Way – Adwick-on-Dearne

There are more corners of Cornwall and Sussex in Adwick-on-Dearne than you would dream of.

If it were on the outskirts of a seaside resort, it would be thronging with visitors who would find there scenery “you never find at home.” In odd corners geraniums grow in wall crevices; just away from the main road there is an old world cottage; there was a tub of roses before the door, bright pink in the sunshine. And just along the lane an old black dog lazily lifted his head, watched passers-by, and promptly went to sleep again.

I think among the most charming features of Adwick-on-Dearne are the Jubilee Cottages at the brow of the hill, flanked by tall trees and bright with window pots of red geraniums. Down the hill is a little creepered cottage; its garden is a picture. Over the wall in the sunshine stonecrop gleamed bright yellow. There was a bed of strawberries, rapidly ripening, a bank of variegated sweet peas, dahlias and lupins, and neat rows of lettuce. A cottage and a garden you would find by the sea

To walk in Adwick is rarely to be aware that you are only a stone’s throw from Mexborough. Particularly on a sunny morning. Elderberries lean over the lane and grow in the little school playground. The blue mountains of slag seem far away and the industrial aspect lent by neighbouring Barnburgh colliery just far enough removed as not to intrude. Colliery smoke is like a row of nodding white plumes against a green backcloth.

It is not surprising that Adwick, as well as neighbouring Harlington, has its week-end holiday visitors. There has been more housing development at Harlington. Adwick is still steeped in an old world atmosphere, conceding to 1949 only the necessities.

It is a village where beauty is always round some quaint, delightful corner.