South Yorkshire Times, October 5.
Over 50 Years at Denaby Colliery.
Mr Jim Mason, of Athelstane road, Conisbrough, who started work at Denaby Main Colliery as a boy of 14, and had worked there ever since, except during his War service in the First World War, retired on Monday after 51 years service, on his 65th birthday
At 16 Mr Mason enlisted in the Royal Engineers and saw service in France and Belgium until 1918, when, as a Sgt, he was recommended for a commission.
Although he had actually joined the Officers Training Course at Lichfield, Mr Mason returned to Denaby, after three months, and began work on the coalface.
In 1925 he was appointed a deputy.
As a member of the St John AmbulanceBrigade since 1920, Mr Mason Hall has a long service medal and star, and was a Corporal in the Denaby Division until his retirement. He has represented the Division in London, on official occasions, including the Brigade Centenary celebrations.
Mr Mason has been for 30 years a member of Conisbrough Ivanhoe Working Men´s Club, near his home in Athelstane Road .
His four brothers – John (64), George (61), Harry (sister) and Albert (57) – are all employed at the colliery, where their father also worked for 50 years.
Mr andMrs Mason are hoping to spend their retirement in Conisbrough, but in 1965, they plan to spend six months with their daughter, Mrs Joyce Edwards, at her home in Liverpool, Australia. Mrs Edwards emigrated in June of this year.