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Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Election Notebook Wombwell Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged In celebration of the return of a Conservative government a Union Jack...

Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Mr. W. Paling (Dearne Valley) Dearne Valley *W Paling Lab.):  39,782 J. Sizer (Con.): 10,197 Majority:              29.685 No change 1950 Election: Lab. Majority 30,055 There was...

No Change but Majorities Down

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times and Express, November 3rd, 1951 No Change but Majorities Down Most interesting statistical detail revealed by South Yorkshire’s General Election results declared on...

Splendid Send-Off for Music Festival – Adjudicator High Commendation

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th 1951 A Splendid Send-Off for Dearne Music Festival Adjudicator High Commendation Mr. Alec Redshaw, one of Saturday’s two adjudicators at Dearne District...

Tailpiece – 03rd November 1951 – Getting Up

November 1951
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 – November 10th 1951 – Mark Twain

November 1951
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...

From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President "If 1951 has been a good year for the miners,...

Looking Back On 1951 A Diary of District Affairs

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Looking Back On 1951 A Diary of District Affairs Short-Term History Festival of Britain and General Election year has featured several major...

Tailpiece – December 15th, 1951 – Young Scottish Farmer

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951 Tailpiece A young Scotch farmer took his girl to a dance. As he drove her home she began to sniff. "What...

Tailpiece – December 29th 1951 – Missing

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Tailpiece The best wayside pulpiteering yet: “This is a ch. .ch. What is missing?