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Speedier Steel Melting – Kilnhurst Firms Pioneer Work

October 1947
South Yorkshire Times October 18 1947 Speedier Steel Melting Kilnhurst Firms Pioneer Work An article on the use of instruments on open hearth steel melting furnaces contributed...

Licensees Leaving Rock Tavern

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 1, 1947 Mr and Mrs GL Brown (centre), licensees of Rock Tavern, Kilnhurst, left the hotel on Tuesday and at a...

Kilnhurst Worthy’s 91st Birthday

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 1, 1947 Kilnhurst Worthy’s 91st Birthday “They all tell me I’ve done well to live so many years,” says Mrs Alice Potterton,...

The King of Sherwood – Kilnhurst Amateur Dramatic

November 1947
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 22, 1947 Behind the Sherwood Forest scenes at Kilnhurst on Tuesday, Mrs G Jackson and Miss D Whittaker helped to...

Kilnhurst Reaction To Denaby Transfer Grant

November 1947
South Yorkshire Times November 1, 1947 Kilnhurst Reaction To Denaby Transfer Grant Denaby United Football Clubs Finance Committee have voted a grant of three pounds to...

Kilnhurst Don Crossing in Unusual Hands – “Ferryman” Is Woman

December 1947
South Yorkshire Times December 27, 1947 "Ferryman" Is Woman Kilnhurst Don Crossing in Unusual Hands Celebrating her 60th birthday on Sunday was Mrs. Maria Smith, “ferryman "...

New Ferry Boat For Mexborough – Old Denaby Service

December 1947
South Yorkshire Times December 27, 1947 New Ferry Boat For Mexborough - Old Denaby Service The old Mexborough ferryboat has made its last voyage across the Don...