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Tailpiece – December 29th 1951 – Missing
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Tailpiece
The best wayside pulpiteering yet:
“This is a ch. .ch. What is missing?
Tailpiece – December 01, 1951 – Suez Canal
South Yorkshire Times, December 1, 1951
Tailpiece – Suez Canal
The taproom topic was the Suez Canal. "Hey up," said Dave, as he peered over his...
Tailpiece – December 22nd 1951 – Middle Name
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Tailpiece – Middle Name
He could neither read nor write, but when a distant relation left him a small...
Tailpiece – April 18th, 1953 – Lady Godiva
South Yorkshire Times, April 18, 1953
Tailpiece – Lady Godiva
“I hope you are coming to our Coronation pageant at any rate," said the vicar to...
Darfield Derby and Joan
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
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
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
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
South Yorkshire Times January 26, 1957
Parents and Children watching the prizegiving at St Andrew's Mission Church, Low Valley