1947
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...
Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back – Price in Battle For Coal
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...
Road Accident to Popular Mexborough Teenager
South Yorkshire Times November 10, 1947
Twetve German prisoners-of-war from No. 52 Prisoner-of-War camp at Nether Headon, near Retford, where Private Lawrence Arthur Batty, 8...
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – Song of Scheherezade (video)
South Yorkshire Times November 29, 1947
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Birmingham Post for Mexborough Nurse
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 15, 1947
Birmingham Post for Mexborough Nurse
Nurse Olga L. M. Stocker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stocker, of 14, Genoa...