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The Old Year in Memory – South Yorkshire Diary Dates of 1950

January 1951
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday January 6th 1951 The Old Year in Memory South Yorkshire Diary Dates of 1950 1950 left a legacy of snow in 1951. It...

Darfield “Star”

January 1951
South Yorkshire Times, January 13, 1951 Darfield "Star" When Darfield Dramatic Club present their British Drama League competition entry, "The Gioconda Smile," by Aldous Huxley on...

Yorkshire Schools Championships

10 February 1951
South Yorkshire Times, February 10, 1951

Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends

April 1951
South Yorkshire Times  April 7, 1951 Towns' Census Watch Mexborough and District Population Trends The five Urban Councils of Mexborough, Conisbrough, Dearne, Swinton and Wath will be...

Tailpiece – One Mistake’s Enough

May 1951
South Yorkshire Times May 5, 1951 Tailpiece “I’ve got a complaint,” said the irate worker to the cashier, “I’m 10 shillings short in my pay packet,” “Oh!”...

Darfield 127 for 9 Swinton 188 for 7

23 May 1951
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd, 1951 Swinton Held at Darfield All the excitement of the game was crammed into The last over at Darfield, where Swinton...

“Miss Yorkshire” – 50 Chosen for Area Final at Mexborough

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1951 "Miss Yorkshire" 50 Chosen for Area Final at Mexborough The South Yorkshire Times" Series competition to find a candidate for Miss...

Marconigrams

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times June, 1951 Marconigrams June 2 Intruders who broke into Wombwell Main WMC took a dozen, bottles of brandy. There was a 70 per cent turn...

Marconigrams – June 30th, 1951

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1951 Marconigrams Eight chess clubs in Mexborough, Swinton and Dearne on Monday formed a Mexborough and District League. George Sanders, 6 ft....

Tailpieces

June 1951
South Yorkshire Times June, 1951 Tailpieces June 2 A Young Lad working at an isolated dales farm suddenly decided to leave his situation. Asked why, by a friend,...