South Yorkshire Times March 3, 1956

Isolation at Conisbrough
Kearsley Glen problem

Mrs Gladys Haigh on Kearsley Glenn, Conisbrough, lives in a constant anxiety lest she should have a sudden illness. Reason is that she lives so far from “civilisation.”

The three houses in isolated Kearsley Glenn are separated from Conisbrough and “civilisation” by a mile long narrow lane with a ford separating the two halves of it. In winter occupants of the houses have to trudge through thick snow and in summer through thick mud and at night they walk in pitch darkness as the lane is unlit.

Mrs. Haigh, who is experiencing her first winter in Kearsley Glenn, has now complained to Doncaster rural Council has been told that the because half the Lane is in Doncaster Rural Council and half in Conisbrough Urban area there is difficulty in getting anything done.

Mrs. Haigh wants to get the lane resurfaced and a decent bridge built over the Ford.

At present there is only a small foot bridge over the brook and cars have to splash through it and then through thick mud or snow.

A widow, Mrs Ada shacklock (65), who lives on her own in a bungalow is also beginning to be troubled by the conditions. “It wasn’t so bad when I was younger, but I’m getting old now and the journey is a long and tiring one.” She also has to carry almost everything she needs up the mile long brain.

The state of the lane is not just seasonable. During the hottest weather in Midsummer there is thick mud in the lane and farm carts “carve” up the surface.