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Marconigrams – August 18th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Marconigrams Mr David Hopkins, prospective Conservative candidate for Don Valley, will spend a fortnight of his holidays open-air campaigning. Mr. Fred...

Marconigrams – August 25th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Marconigrams Two Doncaster detectives have been given prizes in an allotment competition. Some 120 children deprived of a normal home life...

Marconigrams – August 4th 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Marconigrams A Thurnscoe miner was fined £2 with £1 5s costs at Doncaster West Riding Magistrates' Court on Saturday, for...

Mexborough Festival of Britain – Festival Queen

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Billy Thompson, British Lightweight Champion, crowning Gillian Warman, Mexborough’s Festival Queen on Saturday.

Mexborough Festival of Britain – M.P. Opens Festival

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Tom Williams M.P. declaring open last Saturday’s Mexborough Festival of Britain week.

Mexborough Festival of Britain – Open Air Service

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Open Air Service picture taken of Mexborough Athletic Ground at Sunday’s Mexborough’s Festival of Britain service, includes the Rev....

Tailpiece – August 04th, 1951 – The Sawny Old Batchelor

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Tailpiece A story is told of a sawny old bachelor in a Yorkshire village who was in love with a...

Tailpiece – August 11th, 1951 – Mark Twain

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tailpiece Whenever “Mark Twain” became angry he would utter a torrent of profanity that would cause his horrified wife to...

Tailpiece – August 18th, 1951 – The Great Blondin

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Tailpiece - The Great Blondin, The Great Blondin, before making his first attempt to walk the tight-rope over Niagara Falls,...

Tailpiece – August 25th, 1951 – The American General

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Tailpiece One of the colonels told us some of the stories the British soldiers told about American discipline.  The best...