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Tailpiece – 03rd November 1951 – Getting Up
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...
Tailpiece – King David and King Solomon
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951
Tailpiece
King David and King Solomon
Led merry, merry lives
With many boon companions
And many, many wives.
When old age overtook them,
With many,...
Tailpiece – November 10th 1951 – Mark Twain
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951
Tailpiece
A young friend of Mark Twain was bewailing his own lack of success as a writer.
“I am beginning to...
Remand For Mexboro’ and Goldthorpe Man
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951
Remand For Mexboro’ and Goldthorpe Man
Walter Ratcliff (24), labourer, 63, Straight Lane, Goldthorpe and Kenneth Lancaster (19), labourer, 38...
Swinton Cricket Club Dinner with Norman Yardley
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951
Norman W. D. Yardley Yorkshire and former England cricket captain, principal guest at Swinton Cricket Club dinner on Wednesday,...
Playing For Yorkshire
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951
Playing For Yorkshire
Follow good performances in the country trials, Dennis Porter, of Swinton has been selected in the Yorkshire...
Gallant Swinton Rescuer – ‘You Have a fine Son”
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
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
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,...