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By-Election at Swinton – First Woman Councillor
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951
By-Election at Swinton
First Woman Councillor
Mrs. Winifred Lawrence, of Slade Road, Swinton, becomes the first woman member of Swinton Urban...
Election: Who’s Who
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951
Election: Who’s Who
Rother Valley
Mr. D. Griffiths (Lab.): Born Goldthorpe 1896, began work at Hickleton Main at 13. Has had...
New Sunday Schoolroom
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951
New Sunday Schoolroom attached to Bowbroom Wesleyan Reform Church, is opened by one of the church’s oldest workers, Mrs....
Swinton Parish Church Harvest Festival
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1951
Sunshine and flowers…Swinton Parish Church had some small but busy visitors yesterday when pupils of Swinton Fitzwilliam School took...
Mexborough & District Licensed Victuallers Dance
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951
Mine Hosts…..Licensed Victuallers from the Mexborough and District Association pose for a picture on Thursday in Wath Pavilion, where...
Marconigrams – October 20th, 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951
Marcongrams
The election of District Councillors next year will take place on Saturday, May 10th.
The value of salvage sold in...
One Stage Nearer
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951
One Stage Nearer
Saturday stone-laying ceremony in Swinton by County Councillor Maurice Creighton marked an important stage in the building...
Tailpiece – Aunt Matilda’s Ample Calf
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951
Tailpiece
Our bulldog ate the large half
Of Aunt Matilda’s ample calf;
I should, I trust, have been upset
Were dog food not...
Tailpiece – Mrs Wospottle in Hospital
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th, 1951
Tailpiece
Mrs. Wospottle, if rumour, discreetly whispered be true had been taken to hospital, treated, and cured, but she was...
Television “Ghosts” In Mexborough, Swinton, Denaby & Conisbrough
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1951
Television “Ghosts”
In Mexborough, Denaby and Conisbrough
Of course, we ought to wait until “Hamlet” or “Macbeth” are televised before writing...