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The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times January 4, 1947 Looking Back 150 years South Yorkshire Pioneer's Legacy In South Yorkshire a chapter of its industrial history 150 years long came...

Scouts in Paris

May 1947
South Yorkshire Times May 24, 1947 Here are the 10 First Class Scouts of Mexborough Local Association, who will attend the jamboree to be held...

Strike Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits & 50,000 Men...

September 1947
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 04 September 1947 Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily 42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved Government May...

A Parish Hall Preview

October 1947
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 18, 1947 A Parish Hall Preview Colin Leech (Great Houghton), who in the evening won the junior solo challenge class at...

Conisbrough School Headship

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 15, 1947 Conisbrough School Headship " Short-listed "  at County Hall, Wakefield, on Friday for the headship of Conisbrough Morley Place Infants' School,...