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Kilnhurst Visitors to Paris for a Week – City of Food and High Prices

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 City of Food – and High Prices Kilnhurst Visitors to Paris for a Week From Paris yesterday came a letter which...

Tonnage Halved

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tonnage Halved With seven of the 13 pits on holiday, last week's output from No. 3 Area of the North-Eastern...

Kilnhurst Record Catch?

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1951 Kilnhurst Record Catch? What is believed to be a record catch for the fishing match run by Kilnhurst Working Men’s...

Marconigrams – August 18th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Marconigrams Mr David Hopkins, prospective Conservative candidate for Don Valley, will spend a fortnight of his holidays open-air campaigning. Mr. Fred...

Tailpiece – August 04th, 1951 – The Sawny Old Batchelor

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th, 1951 Tailpiece A story is told of a sawny old bachelor in a Yorkshire village who was in love with a...

Tailpiece – August 11th, 1951

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1951 Tailpiece Whenever “Mark Twain” became angry he would utter a torrent of profanity that would cause his horrified wife to...

Tailpiece – August 18th, 1951 – The Great Blondin

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Tailpiece - The Great Blondin, The Great Blondin, before making his first attempt to walk the tight-rope over Niagara Falls,...

Tailpiece – August 25th, 1951 – The American General

August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 25th, 1951 Tailpiece One of the colonels told us some of the stories the British soldiers told about American discipline.  The best...

Kilnhurst Sign Steve Vickers from Shipcroft

18 August 1951
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th, 1951 Kilnhurst Sign Steve Vickers from Shipcroft The future of Kilnhurst football has been so uncertain past seasons that it is...