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Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951
Mr. W. Paling (Dearne Valley)
Dearne Valley
*W Paling Lab.): 39,782
J. Sizer (Con.): 10,197
Majority: 29.685
No change
1950 Election: Lab. Majority 30,055
There was...
How’s This for Size?
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951
How’s This for Size?
Coun. David Sheldon (Conisbrough) right, asks the question after trying on a firemen’s helmet at Mexborough...
Mexborough Civic “Bonfire Night”
South Yorkshire Times and Express, November 10th, 1951
Fire and water…umbrellas and gum-boots…fireworks and steam…all…combined in this year’s November the Fifth, and the combination for...
No Change but Majorities Down
South Yorkshire Times and Express, November 3rd, 1951
No Change but Majorities Down
Most interesting statistical detail revealed by South Yorkshire’s General Election results declared on...
Cinema – Empire & Majestic – Halls of Montezuma (video)
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951
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Mexborough “Messiah”
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951
Mexborough “Messiah”
Principals sign the visitors’ book in Mexborough Grammar School before taking part in Denaby and District Choral Society’s...
Cup Winners at Mexborough
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951
Cup Winners at Mexborough
Mexborough Chrysanthemum Show picture, taken on Friday in the Free Christian Hall, shows the winner of...
“Rowms River”
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951
Guess Where? …. No prizes are offered for pin-pointing this scene, taken on Monday as the periodic “Rowms River”...
Marconigrams – 03rd November 1951
South Yorkshire Times November 3rd, 1951
Marconigrams
The Pennine Way - which will enable travellers to go from Derbyshire to the Scottish border on foot or...