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Gallant Swinton Rescuer – ‘You Have a fine Son”  

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Gallant Swinton Rescuer 'You Have a fine Son"   The father of a 14-years-old boy -11- was complimented by the Chairman...

Rescue Parchment for Brave Swinton Boy 14

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Rescue Parchment for Brave Swinton Boy 14 For rescuing a seven-year-old boy from Swinton canal in July, George Peter Round,...

Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times December 8, 1951 Escaped Barnburgh Entombment Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby John Richard Humphries (40), stone contractor, of 7, Rookery Rd, Swinton,...

Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Cadeby Mineworker A suggestion that a more discriminate system of shot-firing in collieries might...

From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President "If 1951 has been a good year for the miners,...

Holiday Hangover

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Holiday Hangover Last week's output from the 13 pits in No 3 Area of the North Eastern Divisional Coal Board...

Swinton Street Lighting – Worse Than At Any Time Since War

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 1, 1951 Swinton Street Lighting Worse Than At Any Time Since The War Street lighting in Swinton and Kilnhurst came in for criticism...

Cinema – Roxy – Pagan Love Song (video)

December 1951
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Former Swinton Curate – New Vicar of Bolton

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951 Former Swinton Curate New Vicar of Bolton The vicar of Bolton-on-Dearne is to be the Rev. Frank Smedley, since 1918...

Swinton St. John’s Church Sale of Work

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 1, 1951 Charming interlude at Swinton St. John's Church sale of work last Thursday was when the opener, Mrs. E. D....