South Yorkshire Times May 7, 1955
Sang Loudly Late at Night
Five Miners Ignored P.c’s Warning
Singing very loudly late at night in Doncaster Road, Mexborough, five young Denaby miners stopped when a policeman spoke to them, but started again after they had gone past him.
The officer got a lift in a car, it was stated at Doncaster West Riding Magistrates Court on Saturday, and overtook them. They were still singing. Three of the men gave false names.
The three men who gave false names, John Rawlins (19) and Charles Day (21), of Annerley Street, Denaby, and John Burns (20), Cliff View Denaby, all miners, were each fined 30s. for singing within 50 yards of a house after having been asked not to do so by a police officer.
Keith Spooner (17), Anerley Street, Denaby, and Arthur Hughes (21), Doncaster Road, Denaby, miners, were fined £1 each.
One of the men told the court: ‘We were only humming.’