South Yorkshire Times, March 5th, 1960

Kilnhurst Man to Work For N.S.P.C.C.

“This is what I really enjoy doing,” is how 33-years-old Kilnhurst man, Mr. Douglas Peace, describes his work as an N.S.P.C.C. Inspector, and he is soon to leave the district to a post in Manchester.

Mr. Peace of 28 Carlisle Street, has tried his hand at baking and selling brushes.      “I have always had a great desire to do social work” he says and 18 months ago, he took his first steps to make that his career.

He applied for a post as an Inspector in September 1958 and after eight months he was accepted as a candidate for the society’s entrance examination which he passed in July 1959. The examination was based on the 1933 Children and Young Persons’ Act.

He then had to start training, first in the Southwark area of London and later in Attercliffe, Sheffield, before becoming qualified. Now he is ready to take up his new post in Manchester later this month. He will live in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and work in the Moss Side area of Manchester.

Travelling with him will be his wife, Joan, and his three children, Allison Jane (4) Anita Joan (3) and Andrew John (1).

Mr, Peace was born in Swinton, but has lived in Kilnhurst since he was two years old.