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Obituary – Mrs. G. A. Lindsay – Wife of Mexborough Doctor

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Obituary Mrs. G. A. Lindsay Wife of Mexborough Doctor Widespread sympathy will be felt for Dr. Thomas Lindsay, of Ash Mount, Doncaster...

30 Miles a Day at 78

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Mr. Tom Green, 10, Belmont Street. Mexborough, who at 78 thinks nothing of travelling up to 30 miles a...

Mexboro’ Corporal Wounded In Korea – Hit By Shrapnel

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 1st, 1951 Mexboro' Corporal Wounded In Korea Hit By Shrapnel Cpl. S. W. Young, son of Mrs. Young and the late Sergt.-Major Young,...

Mexboro’ Soldier’s Adventurous Career – Jack Of All Trades

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 8th, 1951 Mexboro' Soldier's Adventurous Career Jack Of All Trades Lance bombardier William Shaw, son of Mrs and the late Mr Shaw of...

Mexborough Korea Captive – A Prisoner in Peking

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Mexborough Korea Captive A Prisoner in Peking Since her son's capture in the Imjin River battle in Korea, his mother, Mrs....

Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Cadeby Mineworker A suggestion that a more discriminate system of shot-firing in collieries might...

Achievements at Cadeby Main – Output Up 14,000 Tons

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Achievements at Cadeby Main Output Up 14,000 Tons Despite a "declining face room" through which 200 yards of coal face have...

Cadeby Main Colliery Surface Officials Dinner (picture)

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 A picture taken at Saturday's dinner at Bawtry of Cadeby Main Colliery Surface officials.  

Coal & Unemployment – Jobs of 30 Men Depend On Miner

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Coal and Unemployment Jobs of Thirty Men Depend On Every Miner Forecast that 1952 will be the worst twelve months for...

Denaby Surface Officials’ Gift to Colleague

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Denaby Surface Officials' Gift to Colleague Denaby Colliery surface officials had an enjoyable dinner and musical evening at the Green...