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Obituary – Mr. W. G. Hudson – Former Manvers Chief Wages Clerk

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Obituary - Mr. W. G. Hudson Former Manvers Chief Wages Clerk The funeral took place last Thursday of a well-known former...

B.B.C. & B.B.C.S. Spell ‘Playtime’

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 17, 1951 B.B.C. & B.B.C.S. Spell 'Playtime' Broadcasting in Monday's "Workers' Playtime" front Barnsley Arcadian Hall were B.B.C.S. employees Austin Callan (Mexborough),...

Success – Admission to the Royal College of Art.

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Success - Admission to the Royal College of Art. Mr. John Roy Laughton, of Pym Road, at present studying at...

Wedding – Waterhouse & Shaw

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times March 31, 1951 Mr. I. H. Shaw (Mexborough), and Miss N. Waterhouse (Denaby). Miss Margaret Waterhouse, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J....

Wedding – Bennett & James

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times March 24, 1951 A member of Mexborough Trades Council, Conisbrough Council Housing Committee, and the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives, Mr....

Mexborough Methodist Youth Club

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 17, 1951 Mexborough Methodist Youth Club Members of Mexborough Methodist Youth Club did not waste time at the West Riding No. 4...

Northern Champ Now

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Northern Champ Now James Ellis, Thurnscoe schoolboy, who became a Yorkshire and North Eastern area boxing champion at 10st. to...

And Their Bathing Suits Never Got Wet . . “

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 17, 1951 And Their Bathing Suits Never Got Wet . . " A flashback to last century beachwear (as modelled by Miss...

Breakdowns Cut Output

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, February 3, 1951 Breakdowns Cut Output A 1,810 ton drop in output from the 13 pits in No 3 Area of the North...

26 Years on Two Councils – Retirement of Coun. J. Kelly

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times March 10, 1951 26 Years on Two Councils Retirement of Coun. J. Kelly A well-known Mexborough Councillor and secretary of Wath Main N.U.M. branch,...