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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,...

Halle Promenade Orchestra Conductor

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times March 10, 1951 Halle Promenade Orchestra conductor, Mr. Herman Lindars (with score) pictured with Mr. Arthur Percival (leader) and Mexborough Arts Society...

Giant Easter Egg

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 31, 1951 Giant Easter Egg A giant Easter Egg, weighing nearly seven pounds, brought a lot of happiness on  Easter Sunday to...