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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,...

Dearne v Langold

25 August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Punching clear from a goalmouth tussle in the second half of the Dearne v. Langold match at Goldthorpe Welfare’s...

Bolton Boy – Killed in Mishap – Jury Exonerate Car Driver

October 1951
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1951 Jury Exonerate Car Driver Bolton Boy, Killed in Mishap, Ignored “Halt” Sign Evidence that a 14-year-old Bolton boy, return from a...

Election: Who’s Who

October 1951
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...

Tailpiece – Aunt Matilda’s Ample Calf

October 1951
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

October 1951
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...