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Festival Rivals

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951 Festival Rivals Mexborough head office of this newspaper has particular interest in Mexborough Drama Festival, a section of Mexborough Musical...

Queen Elizabeth Slept Here – Green Room Club

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951

Five Men For Trial – Huge Haul Of Cigarettres From Kilnhurst Loop Line

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Five Men For Trial Huge Haul Of Cigarettres From Kilnhurst Loop Line For the second time within two weeks four detectives,...

Remand For Mexboro’ and Goldthorpe Man

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951 Remand For Mexboro’ and Goldthorpe Man Walter Ratcliff (24), labourer, 63, Straight Lane, Goldthorpe and Kenneth Lancaster (19), labourer, 38...

Mexborough Youth Club Football Team

10 November 1951
South Yorkshire Tines, November 10th, 1951 Mexborough Youth Club team picture, taken before a recent game, shows left to right (players only), back row: Moss,...

Gallant Swinton Rescuer – ‘You Have a fine Son”  

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Gallant Swinton Rescuer 'You Have a fine Son"   The father of a 14-years-old boy -11- was complimented by the Chairman...

Rescue Parchment for Brave Mexborough Boy 14

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Rescue Parchment for Brave Swinton Boy 14 For rescuing a seven-year-old boy from Swinton canal in July, George Peter Round,...

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,...