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Witness Denies Threat to Driver – Wath Fatality

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 3, 1951 Witness Denies Threat to Driver At Mexboro' Inquiry Into Wath Fatality A witness at an inquest at Mexborough on Friday denied...

Died In His Office – Cortonwood Collieries Manager’s Collapse

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Died In His Office Cortonwood Collieries Manager's Collapse Mr Cyril Macdonald Rhodes Shaw (54 ), manager of Cortonwood Collieries, left his...

Obituary – Mr. W. G. Hudson – Former Manvers Chief Wages Clerk

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Obituary - Mr. W. G. Hudson Former Manvers Chief Wages Clerk The funeral took place last Thursday of a well-known former...

Turns Home Into Boys’ Club – Crippled Miners’ Fine Leadership

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Turns Home Into Boys' Club Crippled Brampton Miners’ Fine Leadership For two years a club of about 40 boys has been...

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,...

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...

Student’s Bakery Competition

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 3, 1951 Winner of the first year students bakery competition at Sheffield Technical College is Mr. Clifford Heeley, of Doncaster Road,...

Brampton Ellis Youth Club – “Through a Glass Darkly,”

March 1951
South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951 Mr. E. Elliott (President) presenting the trophy to Betty Oxer, producer of Brampton Ellis Youth Club's winning play, "Through...

Snooker Cup Winner

3 March 1951
South Yorkshire Times, March 3, 1951 Snooker Cup Winner Last year's winner of the Dr. Cr. R. Bailey snooker cup O. Clarke, holds the trophy which...