Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 06 January 1908

Skating Frost and Sunshine
Pastures Popular Venue

As foreshadowed on Saturday, another severe frost found the ice in fine condition yesterday, and skating was general at Mexborough, Swinton, Adwick, Bolton-on-Dearne, and around.

The Pastures, at Mexborough, about ten minutes’ walk from the tram terminus, and midway between Mexborough and Conisborough stations, proved a most popular venue, about 2,000 people enjoying good skating over fine-conditioned ice.

The Pastures have the additional advantage of being reasonably safe from danger, the frozen water extending over a wide area.

The prospects last night were sufficiently promising to indicate a continuance of good skating facilities in the Mexborough district.