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NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times January 11, 1947 NCB flag goes up at the Pits Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts Seal of state ownership Veterans and Boys...

NCB Vesting Day

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times January 11, 1947 NCB flag goes up at the Pits Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts Seal of state ownership Veterans and Boys Play a Prominent...

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...

Wedding – Best & Wilkinson

March 1947
South Yorkshire Times March 15, 1947 Mr Arthur Wilkinson of 1 Rix Rd, Meadow View Kilnhurst and Miss Madge Best, of 10 Athelstone Rd, Conisbrough at St...

Kilnhurst Army Cadet to Fight at the Royal Albert Hall

March 1947
South Yorkshire Times March 8, 1947 To Fight in London By beating two opponents at Blackpool on Saturday, when the semifinals of the 11 stone 6...

Kilnhurst has England Champion

March 1947
South Yorkshire Times March 29, 1947 Kilnhurst has England Champion Sergeant Ronnie James, of the seventh Battalion Army Cadet Force, of Wharf Rd, Kilnhurst became 11...

Reward for Good Work (video)

April 1947
Yorkshire Post April 24, 1947 Reward for Good Work On their way to London this afternoon for the England v Scotland international match at Wembley are...

New NCB Area Welfare Officer

May 1947
South Yorkshire Times, May 10, 1947 Capt. F. R. Brown Appointed NCB Area Welfare Officer   The “South Yorkshire times” understands that Captain F. R. Brown, M.B.E., former...

Bravery at Kilnhurst – Mexborough & Swinton Men Get Humane Society Awards

June 1947
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 7, 1947 Bravery at Kilnhurst Mexborough and Swinton Men Get Humane Society Awards the Royal Humane Society have announced this week that...