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January 1949
Yorkshire Evening Post - Friday 14 January 1949 New Open-Cast Sites  It Is understood that the Ministry of Fuel has earmarked two sites  in the...

Producer: IV

February 1949
South Yorkshire Times, February 5th, 1949   Producer for one of the most successful societies in South Yorkshire is Alfred Hackworth Barnes. 5, Priory Road, Bolton,...

Star for Dearne

February 1949
South Yorkshire Times February 19, 1949 Star for Dearne Mexborough baritone, John Metcalfe, will herald a return to the theatre stage in April by playing Robert...

Hickleton Youth Club Goalkeeper

March 1949
South Yorkshire Times March 5, 1949 The photograph is of Richard Wright (Frederick Street, Goldthorpe), 17 year old Hickleton youth club goalkeeper. An old boy of...

Editorial – Sheffield Smitten

26 March 1949
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 December 1940 Sheffield Smitten Sheffield has now experienced the full fury of a Nazi mass raid and has borne...

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

April 1949
South Yorkshire Times, April 30, 1949 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. "The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts . ." This pleasant little interlude behind the...

Bolton Soccer Star Played 19 Games into season: and Now!

2 April 1949
South Yorkshire Times, April 2, 1949 Bolton Soccer Star Played 90 Games in two season: and Now! Genial George Hebden, licensee of the Crossed Daggers, Bolton,...

Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates

May 1949
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 May 1949 Twenty Candidates Who's Who in To-morrow's Urban Council Elections Twenty candidates—seven at Conisbrough, four each at Wombwell and Darfield,...

Reputation

May 1949
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 7 May 1949 Reputation Councillor W Burrows, presiding at the annual meeting of Saint Andrew’s theatrical Society at Bolton on Saturday,...

350-House Estate For Thurnscoe

July 1949
outh Yorkshire Times July 30, 1949 350-House Estate For Thurnscoe Dearne Urban Council’s ambitious scheme for opening up the Whyn Wood Housing Estate at Thurnscoe as...