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New Principal Girl

July 1951
South Yorkshire Times, July 7, 1951 New Principal Girl For Dearne’s Next Pantomime Mr A. H. Barnes (Producer) announced that the St. Andrew’s Society’s next pantomime will...

Wedding – Middlebrook & Robinson

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Goldthorpe and Wombwell Couple In Salvation army uniform, with two bridesmaids in uniform, Miss Kathleen Middlebrook, younger daughter of late...

Goldthorpe Hit Target

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Goldthorpe Hit Target Goldthorpe (2,168 tons) was the only Dearne target beater last week, Hickleton Main produced 19,610 tons, Highgate...

Dearne Councillor Spends Fortnight in Berlin – 1939 Feeling In 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 1939 Feeling In 1951 Dearne Councillor Spends Fortnight in Berlin Coun. H. Rothnie, a Goldthorpe Dentist, who has recently returned with...

Marconigrams – August 18th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Marconigrams Mr David Hopkins, prospective Conservative candidate for Don Valley, will spend a fortnight of his holidays open-air campaigning. Mr. Fred...

Marconigrams – August 25th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Marconigrams Two Doncaster detectives have been given prizes in an allotment competition. Some 120 children deprived of a normal home life...

Tailpiece – August 04th, 1951 – The Sawny Old Batchelor

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Tailpiece A story is told of a sawny old bachelor in a Yorkshire village who was in love with a...

Tailpiece – August 11th, 1951 – Mark Twain

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tailpiece Whenever “Mark Twain” became angry he would utter a torrent of profanity that would cause his horrified wife to...

Tailpiece – August 18th, 1951 – The Great Blondin

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Tailpiece - The Great Blondin, The Great Blondin, before making his first attempt to walk the tight-rope over Niagara Falls,...

Tailpiece – August 25th, 1951 – The American General

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Tailpiece One of the colonels told us some of the stories the British soldiers told about American discipline.  The best...