1951


People

Obituary – Mr H. Thirlwall – Conisbrough’s First Surveyor


An Expert on Timber – Conisbrough Man inherits Family Interest


Story Caught Their Eye – “Times” Helps to Find Good Friends (picture)


Swinton and Conisbrough ” Gunners ” are in Korea – Far East Veterans at 26 and 22


Worked Even Harder In Hospital – Diligent Conisbro’ Patient’s 27 Rugs (picture)


J.P.’s To Help Police After ‘Stop Hooliganism’ Plea’ in Conisbrough Case


Wedding – Best & Kemp – Back from Malaya (picture)


She Will Be Denaby “Anniversary” Queen



Industry and Commerce

Appearance of Double Deckers (picture)


Double – Decker Buses – New Area Service


Denaby I.C.I. Annual Dance (picture)


Conisbrough Wife’s Wager Over Electricity Supply – Who Will Be First Past (Red) Tape?


Denaby Baths – Opening Unlikely in Next Few Months



Places

Air Force Chaplain


Fun and Games at Conisbrough Wesleyan Methodist School


Very Seasonable-Of Course! (picture)


Conisbrough Girls’ Friendly Society party


Denaby Darbies and Joans (picture)


From Goldthorpe to Conisbrough – New Licensees at Lord Conyers


Motor Cycle and Light Car Club (picture)


Conisbrough’s Jugged’ Hare


The Old Year in Memory – South Yorkshire Diary Dates of 1950


Warning – And Result



Sports

Denaby Utd – Boston Town  3   Denaby  2 – Misfortune Dogs United


Denaby Utd – Denaby 3 Halifax 1 (cartoon)


Denaby Utd – Grimsby Town Reserves 4 Denaby 2


Denany Utd – Denaby 3  Halifax Town Res 1 – 2nd Midland League Victory in 13 Games


Denaby Utd. – Another Gift


A Conisbrough Achievement


He Remembered ! Conisbrough Goal-Scoring Winger plays for Kilnhurst



People

Charles Hanmer’s Inquest At Wetherby


Four In Train Crash – Conisbrough Family’s Day Out was an Adventure


Only One Sidelight – Fatal Fact in Conisbrough Road Tragedy


Conisbrough Miner-Poet – Golden Wedding Celebrant Can Trace Line 500 Years


Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Birdsall (picture)


Obituary – Mr. Charles Hanmer – Mining Film Pioneer (videos)


Australia Bound – Conisbrough – Kirkby Couple


Australia Bound (picture)


Conisbrough Man Helps in Bird Census – Ringed Specimens Like it and Revisit Trap


Conisbrough Ornithologist (picture)


Nearly 500 Mourners At Funeral of Mr. R. Dunn of Conisbrough


Anniversary Queen – A Coronation at Denaby


The Queen & the Choirboy (picture)



Industry and Commerce

Two Fine Men – Conisbrough Urban Councils’s Tributes



Places

His 1,000th Dance – West Melton M.C.’s Denaby Carnival


Marconigrams – February 24, 1951



Sports

Don & Dearne Boys (cartoon)


Conisbrough Ivanhoe Cycling Club (picture)


Denab Utd – Denaby 2 Boston 0 – Two First Half Goals


Denaby Rovers 5 Ings Lane 4 (cartoon)


Denaby Utd – Denaby 2, Notts County Res. 2 – 86th Minute Save Makes Mayall The Man



People

Back Home (picture)


Wedding – Bennett & James


Wedding – Waterhouse & Shaw (picture)



Industry and Commerce

Breakdowns Cut Output



Places

No Floodlit Castle


Memorial Plaque for Scouts


Diptheria Costs Lives (advert)


Grand Pantomime Carnival (advert)


No Conisbro’ Filming – “Ivanhoe Will Be Shot At Elstree


Strange Names Of Old Denaby


Denaby Baths – “Babes in the Wood “


Pantomime Ball – Novelty at Denaby



Sports

Conisbrough: All Set for Cricket on Their New enclosure


Conisbrough Cricket Club Annual Dinner


Bowbroom 5 Denaby Rovers 2 – Montagu Cup Semi Final (cartoon)


Denaby Utd –  Denaby 1, Rotherham United Res. 2 – Too Late To Save a Point



People

21st Birthday Presents Destroyed in Denaby Fire


Water Relay Was Set Up For Conisbro Parks Fire


“Bow and Arrow Boy” Back – Ex-Constable was Canadian Visitor


Young Artist


Wedding – Chambers & Turner – First to greet Denaby Sailor and His Bride


Attic Is Television Workshop – Making His Own Set at 16



Industry and Commerce

General Manager of Collieries Retiring (picture)


Powder Works Presentation (picture)


Brr! Brr! One Fireplace Not Enough — Say Conisbrough Tenants



Places

Conisbrough Castle – 10 Years Work Ahead


Mystic East comes to Denaby (picture)


Indoor Games Presentation (cartoon)


Denaby Choral Society – Fine Performance But Small Audience


Presentation to President of Denaby Main Institute (picture)


St John Ambulance Brigade Presentation (picture)


Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends


Schoolmaster’s Departure for North Wales


Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends



Sports

Denaby United Reserves 5 Hoyland C Ath 0 (Cartoon)


Denaby Utd – Denaby 4, Grimsby Town Reserves 0 – Play at Its Most Sparkling Best


Hickleton 2 Denaby Prims 0 (cartoon)


Cricket Prospects


Denaby Utd – Denaby 4  York City Reserves 0 – Denaby Win in a Canter



People

“King’s Messengers” Due at Conisbrough Next Week


Mexborough and Denaby Army Cadets On Patrol (picture)



Industry and Commerce

Cadeby’s “Lost” Coal – Face Has Thinned To 15 Inches


Weekly Coal Output


Whitsun Output Drop


“Company, ‘Shun”


Conisbro’ Council Reply To Critics – Purchase of £1,500 Angle Dozer is “Folly “


Conisbrough Urban Council’s Angle Dozer (picture)


Fourteen Candidates in Council Contests


Fourteen Candidates – Who’s Who in Council Contests


Labour. Triumphs – Six Seats—and Nearly a Seventh—in Council Fights



Places

400 in Barnburgh May Walk (picture)


Conisbrough Castle ” Sing.” (picture)


Trinity Ordination (picture)


Husband and Wife Both Honoured – S.J.A.B. Award


Conisbrough Doncaster Rovers’ Supporters’ Club Dinner (picture)


Denaby Four Meet the Duke (pictures)


Conisbrough Queens


No Conisbrough Show – May Become Defunct


Tailpiece – One Mistake’s Enough


Tailpiece – “Where’s Miss Blank ?”


Former Bevin Boy on Stage in Sheffield (picture)



Sports

Denaby & Cadeby – Denaby 161 for 5 Shiregreen 166 for 6 (cartoon)


Denaby & Cadeby – Denaby 162 for 5 Shiregreen 166 for 6 (picture)


Denaby Utd – Denaby 1  Notts County Res  0


For Transfer from Sheffield Wednesday (picture)


Gifts for Denaby United Men (picture)


Denaby United :Combined Effort and a Grand Spirit


Denaby Utd – “Away” Becomes “Home” Denaby Game Next Week


Conisbrough Cricket Club’s New Ground (picture)



People

Conisbrough Neighbour’s Smart Fire “Drill” (Picture)


Double Honour (picture)


In Korea Now – Denaby Reservist is El Alamein Veteran (Picture)


Joined by His Wife in South Africa


Our Chairman’s Diamond Jubilee


Paratrooper Prepares – Conisbro’ and Mexboro’ Focus on Persia (picture)


Wedding – Oakley & Bray (picture)


Wedding – Tonks & Thomas – Oxford Graduate’s Swinton Bride


Don and Dearne Star for Huddersfield (picture)



Industry and Commerce

Denaby and Cadeby Gesture – Miners Help `Affray’ Fund


Pits Output in Number 3 Area


Flying  Visit (picture)


Repairs to Private Houses – Conisbrough U.D.C. Comments



Places

New Banner at All Saints (picture)


Balby Street Junior School Festival Queen (picture)


Denaby Rossington Street School Queen (picture)


Don and Dearne Schools Sports (picture)


Marconigrams


Marconigrams – June 30th, 1951


“Miss Yorkshire” – 50 Chosen for Area Final at Mexborough


Tailpieces, June 1951


Annual Theatre Review – Hopes Unfulfilled (pictures)



Crime and Courts

Charged With “Certain Offences” – Conisbrough Miner’s Body Found in River Don



Sports

Grants that Helped Denaby United in Season 1950/51


Honours for South Yorkshire (pictures)


Conisbrough 60 for 5 Harworth 52 – Nine For 13 In Ten Overs (picture)



People

140 Guests At Denaby Darby and Joan “Golden” Party


Denaby Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Hingley


Mr. Ralph Burkinshaw – Popular Sportsman


Denaby Man’s Choice – Dancing to be a Career


Wedding – Tonks & Spencer (picture)


Two Queens In Family (picture)



Industry and Commerce

Conisbrough House Repairs – “Property Owners Have Had Raw Deal”: Councillor


Nearly Hooked Pedestrians – Old Denaby Fishing Hazards



Places

Conisbrough and Denaby Youth Concert (picture)


Presented To Princess – Nursing Cadets (picture)


Baths Hall – Bank Holiday Programme


Deepcar Girl Chosen from 47 In Mexborough Final


Marconigrams – July 7th, 1951


Marconigrams – July 14th 1951


Marconigrams – July 28th, 1951


Miss South Yorkshire Times – Entrants & Finalists


Rossington Street School Art (picture)


School in Miniature – Boys make Model of new Neighbour (picture)


Tailpiece – July 7, 1951 – Waterloo Incident


Tailpiece – July 14th, 1951 – Just Punishment


Tailpiece – July 21st, 1951 – Heads or Tails


Tailpiece – July 28th, 1951 – Admirals or Animals ?



Crime and Courts

Fingerprint Expert Called in at Denaby ­­­Shop – Court Evidence



Sports

Denaby  191 for 9 dec  Mitchell Main  57 – Taylor Delighted Denaby Selectors


Women’s Champion


Conisbrough C.C. – Conisbrough 234 for 5 Yorkshire Main 24 – Conisbrough Scored 210 too Many!


Denaby & Cadeby – Denaby 109 for 1  Hallam 108 – Still know How to Attract the Crowds


Denaby & Cadeby 171 For 5, Thorncliffe 168. – Denaby Man has Average of 85.83


Signings for Next Season – Cooling for Denaby Utd.


Denaby & Cadeby – Mitchell Main 63, Denaby 66 for 3


Denaby United Have First Spell of Training



People

Ran Down Six Flights of Stairs To Rescue Boy


£25,000 Will of Well Known Conisbrough Man


Conisbro’ Girl Gets Ready for Autumn Tour with Ballet In The U.S.A. (picture)


She Beat Rail Bag Snatch


Twin Saarlanders in Denaby (picture)


Wedding – Coles & Robson – A First Event


Wedding – Cooper & Race


Wedding – Wholey & Barnes (picture)


German Youth Party Welcomed At Denaby



Industry and Commerce

Tonnage Halved


British Railways Presentation (picture)



Places

Conisbrough Sunday School Queen (picture)


“Good-Bye Conisbrough, Hello Cleethorpes!” (picture)


Popular Cleethorpes


Scout’s Farewell


Holiday in Germany – A Brief Glimpse Behind the Iron Curtain


Marconigrams – August 18th, 1951


Marconigrams – August 25th, 1951


Marconigrams – August 4th 1951


Tailpiece – August 4th, 1951 – The Sawny Old Batchelor


Tailpiece – August 11th, 1951 – The Great Blondin,


Tailpiece – August 18th, 1951 – Mark Twain


Tailpiece – August 25th, 1951 – The American General



Crime and Courts

Policeman, on Motor-Cycle, Overtakes Denaby Bus Driver – 80 m.p.h. Chase at Wath


Man Took Car



Sports

Denaby and Cadeby – Denaby  158 for 3,  Elsecar 156


Ivanhoe Club Silver Jubilee Celebrations (picture)


Denaby & Cadeby – Mexborough 94, Denaby 17 for 0 – Rain-Drawn “Derby” Hit Honours Hopes


Denaby Utd – New Faces at Tickhill Square (pictures)


Denaby Utd Signings – Only Nine Days Away From Football


Denaby Utd’s Promising Signing’s – Expect to be Among League Leaders


Denaby & Cadeby – Denaby 118 for 1 Rossington 114


Denaby Utd – Denaby 0, – Doncaster Rovers Res. 0 – “A Grand Game”



People

Three Killed In Crash – Builder’s Lorry Turns Over (picture)


Obituary – Mr A. Caddick – Conisbrough’s Oldest Resident (picture)


Good New of Conisbro’ Man


Wedding – Hare & Garbutt (picture)


Wedding – Holcroft & Bostock – Denaby Bride Chose Crinoline Gown


Wedding – Holcroft & Bostock (picture)


Thank You Denaby !



Industry and Commerce

Holme Moss Opens New Era – Radio or Television ?


Scholarship to Leeds University (picture)


Conisbrough Want Denaby Thick Site for Housing


Council Matters – Police Station – Coal Deliveries – Signal – Firemen – Allotments


“Denaby Does Not Want an Epidemic,”


We Want “Gomersall” – Conisbro’ “Will Not Be Dictated To”



Places

Denaby Parish Church “Men’s Effort” (picture)


Swinton Flower and Vegetable Show (picture)


By Floodlight Five Sunday Repairs to Conisbrough Rail Bridge


Denaby St. John Ambulance Brigade (picture)


Marconigrams – September 01st, 1951


Marconigrams – September 08th, 1951


Marconigrams – September 15th, 1951


Meals On Wheels (picture)


Tailpiece – September 01st, 1951



Crime and Courts

Took Money, Left Pearls – Conisbrough Bank Manager Robbed



Sports

Denaby Utd – Denaby 2, York City Res. 1- “Missing Thousand” Miss Little at Tickhill Square


Boxing at Denaby


Festival of Britain – Finest Boxing Show


Giving It Expert Attention (picture)


Denaby Utd – Denaby 0  Goole Town  1


Denaby Utd – Denaby 3  Grantham  1 – Monday’s Contrast


United Send Their Supporters Away in a Happier Frame


Denaby Utd. 2, Notts Forest Res. 4


Denaby Utd – Rotherham United Res. 0  Denaby 1


Wanted To Be Schoolmaster – Selected For England (picture)



People

Diamond Wedding – Mr & Mrs Harvey – 10 Grand Children


Diamond Wedding – Mr & Mrs Harvey (picture)


Flown From Tripoli – Denaby Guardsman’s Dash to Father’s Bedside



Industry and Commerce

Horace E. Haigh (advert)


Election: Who’s Who


The Bridge Again – Old Denaby Seek Information


War or Peace? Mr. Paling Poses Question at Denaby Election Meeting



Places

Lightning on Cadeby Church (picture)


Conisbrough British Legion Annual Dinner


Marconigrams – October 20th, 1951


Station Road School Jubilee Tea-Party (picture)


Tailpiece – Aunt Matilda’s Ample Calf


Tailpiece – Mrs Wospottle in Hospital


Television “Ghosts” – In Mexborough, Denaby & Conisbrough


The Harvest Story



Sports

Mexborough Evening Cricket League Presentation


Denaby Utd – Denaby 2 Stocksbridge 1 – 57th-Minute Winner


Denaby Utd – Stocksbridge 1 Denaby 1 – United Were Disappointment (photos)


Denaby Utd – Frickley Athletic 4 Denaby United 1 – Frickley beat United with Something to Spare


Denaby & Cadeby Athletic Club Annual Dinner (picture)



People

Obituary – Mr. H. H. Sharp – Former Conisbrough Resident


At London Remembrance


Breeding Stable in the Rhine Army (picture)


Proud Moment for Mexborough Mum



Industry and Commerce

On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next


Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!


Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth


Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output


Conisbrough Plan for Keeping Rents Down


Council Move To Speed Baths Development – £13,500 Denaby Plan


Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged


Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys


How’s This for Size? (picture)


No Change but Majorities Down


Patients Waiting “Hours and Hours”? Ambulance Delay ‘Plaint



Places

Denaby Church Women’s Effort


Ivanhoe’s Castle


Mexborough “Messiah” by Denaby Choral Society (picture)


Denaby Baths – Conisbrough Council Decisions


Marconigrams – November 03rd, 1951


Marconigrams – November 17th, 1951


Marconigrams – November 24th 1951


Old Mexboro’ & Dearne Glimpses of the Past in Ancient Year Book


Tailpiece – November 03rd,1951 – Getting Up


Tailpiece – November 10th 1951 – Mark Twain


Tailpiece – November 17th – King David and King Solomon


Festival Rivals (picture)



Crime and Courts

Five Men For Trial – Huge Haul Of Cigarettres From Kilnhurst Loop Line



Sports

Denaby Utd – Denaby 1  Notts County Res 2 – County Were Masters (picture)


Denaby Utd – Frickley Colliery  2: Denaby  0 – League and Cup Double over Denaby


Denaby Rovers 3 Denaby Rangers 0


Denaby Utd – Denaby  1  Hull City Reserves  3 – Punching Power Won


Denaby Utd – Notts. County Res. 1, Denaby 2 – This Was It!



People

Conisbro’ Cyclist’s Sudden Swerve – Driver “Had No Opportunitv of Avoiding Him”


Death of Mr. Jack Kelly – Conisbro’ Man Was Permanent Invalid


Conisbrough Inquest Adjourned – El Alamein Hero


Wedding – Setters & Falkalee – Christmas Wedding


Wedding – Smillie & Jackson



Industry and Commerce

Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby


Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker


Achievements at Cadeby Main – Output Up 14,000 Tons


Cadeby Main Colliery Surface Officials Dinner (picture)


Coal & Unemployment – Jobs of 30 Men Depend On Miner


Denaby Surface Officials’ Gift to Colleague


Denaby’s Good Year – Pit Output Raised By 38,000 Tons


From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President


Holiday Hangover


Keymen in Pits – Denaby Manager Stresses Function of Officials


New Union Organiser – Conisbrough Man’s Appointment


Conisbrough U.D.C. – No 50-50 Share, Retain 1 in 10 Housing Ratio



Places

“All You Ring You Have” (picture)


Mock Wedding at the Epworth Hall (picture)


Denaby Balby Street Infants’ School Concert (picture)


Fate of a Ferryboat


Looking Back On 1951 A Diary of District Affairs


Marconigrams – December 01st, 1951


Marconigrams – December 22nd, 1951


Marconigrams – Decemer 29th 1951


Tailpiece – December 01, 1951 – Suez Canal


Tailpiece – December 15th, 1951 – Young Scottish Farmer


Tailpiece – December 22nd 1951 – Middle Name


Tailpiece – December 29th 1951 – Missing


Tailpiece – December 08th – Maddona



Crime and Courts

Conisbrough Road Accident – Magistrates Take a Serious View


Robbed His Good Samaritan – Denaby Soldier’s 12 Months Sentence



Sports

Denaby Rovers v Harlington (cartoon)


Denaby Utd – Denaby  0 Scunthorpe Utd Reserves 1


Denaby United Reminiscence to 1936 Fixture


Denaby Utd – Denaby 1 Grimsby Town Res 0 (picture)


Denaby Utd – Denaby 2 Gainsborough Trinity 2 – Holiday Fixtures Denaby : Two Drawn Games



Industry and Commerce

37 Years in Coal Industry – Denaby Scientist Honoured