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Darfield Derby and Joan

January 1957
Members of Darfield Derby and John Club scene at their annual party in Snape Hill Junior School on Saturday.

Lundhill Disaster – Article 2 – Horseman took the news to West Melton

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 19, 1957 Lundhill Disaster Centenary More Stories From The Files Of The South Yorkshire Times (Second Article) Horseman took the news to West Melton Another...

Lundhill Disaster – Article 3 – Charles Dickens Visits

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 19, 1957 Lundhill Disaster Centenary Third Article Crowd in Jocular Mood – Some Sang Hymns Charles Dickens Visited the Stricken Pit Mining...

Lundhill Disaster – Chapter 1 – Half a Colliery Village Orphaned

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957 Lundhill Explosion Centenary Grim Chapter in Wombwell’s Early Mining History Catastrophy that Orphaned half a Colliery Village On February 19, 1857, a...

St Andrews Prizegiving

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 26, 1957 Parents and Children watching the prizegiving at St Andrew's Mission Church, Low Valley

Wedding – Oxley – Wilson

January 1957
A Darfield Bride A horseshoe for Miss Elsie Oxley, of 23 school Street, Darfield, after her marriage at Darfield Parish Church on Saturday to Mr...

Barn Fire at Billingley

February 1957
South Yorkshire Times February 23, 1957 Firemen were still damping down the hay on Monday morning after the fire which started in this barn on...

Darfield Sailor – Might Have Been a Footballer

March 1957
South Yorkshire Times, March 16, 1957 Darfield Sailor Might Have Been a Footballer But for the fact that Darfield born Peter Drury, son of Mr and Mrs...

First Role with Darfield Dramatic

March 1957
South Yorkshire Times March 30,  1957 First at Darfield 22 years old Margaret Longden, only daughter of Mr and Mrs H London, will play her first role...