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Inquest on Adwick Motor-Cyclist – Inexplicable Crash on Straight Road

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1951 Inquest on Adwick Motor-Cyclist Inexplicable Crash on Straight Road A remark that motor-cyclists on the Scarborough to York road on September...

Mexborough Man Flies as Royal Escort

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1951 Mexborough Man Flies as Royal Escort A Mexborough man and former Swinton schoolboy, 33-years-old, Police Inspector Frank Kelly is one...

N.C.B. Stores Superintendent Appointment

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951 N.C.B. Stores Superintendent Mexborough Man’s Appointment Mr. Harry Mosley, of 56a Adwick Road, Mexborough, employed for the last nine years as...

Election: Who’s Who

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951 Election: Who’s Who Rother Valley Mr. D. Griffiths (Lab.): Born Goldthorpe 1896, began work at Hickleton Main at 13. Has had...

Honour For Fire Officer at Mexboro’ Ceremony

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951 Honour For Fire Officer At Mexboro’ Ceremony Official opening of recently completed administrative quarter and enlarged appliance room at Mexborough Divisional...

Church Queens

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1951 There were eight “Queens” at Mexborough Trinity Methodist Church on Thursday when 15-years-old Sheila Goddard (right centre) crowned 14-years-old...

Congregational Church Autumn Fayre

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th. 1951 Autumn Fayre picture comes from Mexborough Congregational Church on Saturday, and shows Mrs. A. A. Hillerby, who declared the...

Salvation Army Anniversary

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951 The seventy-fourth Anniversary of Mexborough Corps of the Salvation Army is being celebrated throughout this week, and in this...

Mexborough & District Licensed Victuallers Dance

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951 Mine Hosts…..Licensed Victuallers from the Mexborough and District Association pose for a picture on Thursday in Wath Pavilion, where...

“Labour” Victory at Mexborough Grammar School

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951 A “Labour” Victory at Mexborough Grammar School mock election saw “Socialist” candidate, June Mellor, poll a 42 vote majority...