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Goldthorpe Hit Target

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Goldthorpe Hit Target Goldthorpe (2,168 tons) was the only Dearne target beater last week, Hickleton Main produced 19,610 tons, Highgate...

Tonnage Halved

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tonnage Halved With seven of the 13 pits on holiday, last week's output from No. 3 Area of the North-Eastern...

Dearne Councillor Spends Fortnight in Berlin – 1939 Feeling In 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 1939 Feeling In 1951 Dearne Councillor Spends Fortnight in Berlin Coun. H. Rothnie, a Goldthorpe Dentist, who has recently returned with...

Bolton British Legion Sports

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th, 1951 On the way to the tape, these Bolton girls set into professional style on Saturday at Bolton British Legion...

Marconigrams – August 18th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Marconigrams Mr David Hopkins, prospective Conservative candidate for Don Valley, will spend a fortnight of his holidays open-air campaigning. Mr. Fred...

Tailpiece – August 04th, 1951 – The Sawny Old Batchelor

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Tailpiece A story is told of a sawny old bachelor in a Yorkshire village who was in love with a...

Tailpiece – August 11th, 1951 – Mark Twain

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tailpiece Whenever “Mark Twain” became angry he would utter a torrent of profanity that would cause his horrified wife to...

Tailpiece – August 18th, 1951 – The Great Blondin

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Tailpiece - The Great Blondin, The Great Blondin, before making his first attempt to walk the tight-rope over Niagara Falls,...

Tailpiece – August 25th, 1951 – The American General

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Tailpiece One of the colonels told us some of the stories the British soldiers told about American discipline.  The best...

Dearne Athletic 91 Illingworth 92 for 9 – Day of Catches

25 August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Cricket Nearing End of Season Won In Last Two Overs Castleford, who defeated Hickleton at Thurnscoe on Saturday by five wickets,...