1947 Annual
Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits and 50,000 Men...
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 04 September 1947
Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily
42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved
Government May...
Goldthorpe Dentist Hailed Billy in the Ring (video)
South Yorkshire Times October 25, 1947
Goldthorpe Dentist Hailed Billy in the Ring
I went over to Liverpool for last week’s lightweight title fight, with four...
Dearne Athletic
South Yorkshire Times October 4, 1947
Dearne Athletic are building a good young side for the Sheffield Association League.
Several good lads have joined and are...
Goldthorpe Man Who Swallowed False Teeth – Lucky To Be Alive
South Yorkshire Times November 8, 1947
Goldthorpe Man Who Swallowed False Teeth
Lucky To Be Alive
luckiest man in Mexborough today is 31 years old Goldthorpe ex-soldier,...
Christmas Bazaar
South Yorkshire Times, November 29, 1947
Lady Halifax leaving Goldthorpe Church Hall with some of her purchases made at a Christmas bazaar, which she opened.
Also...
New Highgate Head – Mr, W. Clayton’s Appointment
South Yorkshire Times November 1, 1947
New Highgate Head
Mr, W. Clayton's Appointment
Mr. Walter Clayton, M.B.E., Lorne Villas, Thurnscoe, was appointed by the West Riding Education...
Bright Future for Astorians Outside Right
South Yorkshire Times November 29, 1947
Photograph is of F. Corcoran, Goldthorpe Astorians clever outside-right, for whom many predict a bright future.
Astorians put up a...
Dearne Stalwarts
South Yorkshire Times November 15, 1947
Dearne Stalwarts
Pictured are two Dearne Athletic stalwarts,(left), Stan Pickering (left or right full back and a good young defender...
13-Ton Scraper Runs Amok Havoc – Telegraph Poles Smashed Like Match Wood
South Yorkshire Times December 20, 1947
13-Ton Scraper Runs Amok Havoc at Goldthorpe
Telegraph Poles Smashed Like Match Wood
This 13 ton scraper which careered 150 yards...
Four Generations
South Yorkshire Times, December 6th, 1947
Below are four generations photographed at 7, Hall Broome Gardens, Bolton-on Dearne, home of Mrs Joan Green (right) aged...