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Oldest Woman Resident – A Mexborough Nonagenarian

October 1947
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

October 1947
South Yorkshire Times, October 18, 1947 Miss D Briscoe (Mexborough) and Mr J Exley (Brotherton) at Mexborough Parish Church

Mexborough Youth Festival

October 1947
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

October 1947
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 

October 1947
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

October 1947
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

October 1947
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

November 1947
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)

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 29, 1947 From YouTube:

Birmingham Post for Mexborough Nurse

November 1947
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...