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On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951 On Strike One Week - Hit Target Next Last week’s output from 13 pits in the No 3 Area of...

Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Third Time in Five Weeks Wentworth drift mine last week established a new record output for the third time in...

Council Records Nearly 200 Years Old

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times and Express, November 3rd, 1951 Records Nearly 200 Years Old  A Peep at Bolton-With-Goldthorpe Parish Council Accounts and minutes of “Bolton-with-Goldthorpe Parish Council,”...

Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Election Notebook Wombwell Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged In celebration of the return of a Conservative government a Union Jack...

Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Mr. W. Paling (Dearne Valley) Dearne Valley *W Paling Lab.):  39,782 J. Sizer (Con.): 10,197 Majority:              29.685 No change 1950 Election: Lab. Majority 30,055 There was...

No Change but Majorities Down

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times and Express, November 3rd, 1951 No Change but Majorities Down Most interesting statistical detail revealed by South Yorkshire’s General Election results declared on...

Old Mexboro’ & Dearne – Glimpses of Past in Ancient Year Book

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951 Old Mexboro’, Dearne and Hoyland Glimpses of the Past in an Ancient Year Book A year book for the Mexborough, Dearne...

Opencast Repreive for Farm And Housing Site

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Opencast Repreive for Bolton Site Farm And Housing Site The Ministry of Fuel and Power have abandoned their proposal to...

Splendid Send-Off for Music Festival – Adjudicator High Commendation

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th 1951 A Splendid Send-Off for Dearne Music Festival Adjudicator High Commendation Mr. Alec Redshaw, one of Saturday’s two adjudicators at Dearne District...

Tailpiece – 03rd November 1951 – Getting Up

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 You know the story of the mother going in and finding her small daughter asleep at 11 o’clock in...