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Splendid Send-Off for Music Festival – Adjudicator High Commendation

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th 1951 A Splendid Send-Off for Dearne Music Festival Adjudicator High Commendation Mr. Alec Redshaw, one of Saturday’s two adjudicators at Dearne District...

Tailpiece – 03rd November 1951 – Getting Up

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 You know the story of the mother going in and finding her small daughter asleep at 11 o’clock in...

Tailpiece – King David and King Solomon

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951 Tailpiece King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives With many boon companions And many, many wives. When old age overtook them, With many,...

Tailpiece – November 10th 1951 – Mark Twain

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951 Tailpiece A young friend of Mark Twain was bewailing his own lack of success as a writer. “I am beginning to...

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,...

Manvers 1 Waterstone Glassware 1 (cartoon)

24 November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951

Obituary – George Peaker

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Obituary - George Peaker The interment took place at Kilnhurst Churchyard on Saturday, following a service in Kilnhurst Parish Church...

Brilliant Engineer – Brampton Student Heads National List

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 8th, 1951 Brilliant Engineer Brampton Student Heads National List A national distinction has been brought to Wombwell by 21-year-old Benjamin Cutler, eldest son...

Carols Under The Earth

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Carols Under The Earth With pit lamps to light their hymn sheets, miners of Manvers Main Colliery sang carols 1,650...

From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President "If 1951 has been a good year for the miners,...