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Collapsed In Sheffield – Man’s Death after Attending United Match

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951 Collapsed In Sheffield Swinton Man’s Death after Attending United Match The Sheffield City Coroner (Mr. A. P. Lockwood) on Tuesday...

Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951 Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike! Output at Barnburgh Colliery was affected by the strike at Wath Main which...

Kilnhurst Colliery Officials’ Dinner and Dance

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1951 Guests at Kilnhurst Colliery officials’ second dinner and dance at Swinton Masonic Hall on Saturday included Mr. J. Shimmins...

Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1951 Keep it up Wentworth Output from the 13 pits in No., 3 area of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board last...

Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Third Time in Five Weeks Wentworth drift mine last week established a new record output for the third time in...

Stockholders Meet – Report by Mr. George Baker

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1951 Stockholders Meet Report by Mr. George Baker A meeting of the stockholders of John Baker and Bessemer Limited was held in...

Yorkshire Tar Distillers Sports and Social Club

November 1951
South Yorkshire Times, November 17th, 1951 Yorkshire Tar Distillers (Kilnhurst) employees, with their wives and friends, pictured on Saturday in Swinton, when the Sports and...

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...