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This website and its contents are copyright Mexborough and District Heritage Society, excluding the Readers' sections where copyright is retained by the contributor. Requests for fair use of our content should be made by email. |
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Photo features Including essays on the Parish Church, Market Street, Dr S P Bhatia and much more. 
High Street videoA rare glimpse in colour of Mexborough before pedestrianisation  
Video: giants tumbleVideo footage of the demolition of Mexborough's twin cooling towers. |
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Adwick Road School ..and more. More family photos are added to our archive, including staff at Woolworths' from 1941.
Pottery heritageExpert Graham Oliver sheds light on the area's rich ceramic past with a series of in-depth articles. 
The ultimate sacrificeThe names of the fallen from two World Wars  |
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MGS memories We are pleased to have been asked to add a quite recent memoir to our archive; it is from the late Horace Stokes, kindly provided by his daughter. In it he vividly recalls his schoolboy days at Mexborough Grammar School in the 30s as a scholarship boy. Here is part of his story... |
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The Cut at 40: a celebrationThe Cut was brash, daring, fun and a breath of fresh air for Mexborough, and it’s still fondly remembered even today. It’s exactly 40 years since this inspired monthly swipe at authority and champion of local Arts hit the streets, and this irreverent mag has earned its place in our ongoing archive. Click here to find out how it all began, and enjoy some of the brilliant artwork which brought Mexborough people to life... NEW - a brilliant new piece from Derek |
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Free book download Mr Roy Huggins, Head of History at Mexborough School, has generously offered to share his research and study aid focusing on Conisbrough Castle. |
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Tribute to a much-loved school master Mexborough Grammar School teacher John Fisher is remembered by former pupil David Smart. |
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Our lives, our
ancestors...
This is our latest publication -
The People of
 Mexborough,
The photographs are
taken from the archives of the Society, some of which are from
the Leonard Harrop Collection, added to and preserved by our late
President, Norman Watson, a well-known Mexborough teacher. Other illustrations come from postcards and purchases at antique fairs and the internet; others have been donated by local businesses, individuals and families. This is a ‘snapshot’ of what is available in the archives and it was a difficult choice selecting pictures which justified their inclusion to the exclusion of others. Check here for price and availability. |
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Mystery photo album An album bought in Gloucestershire features Mexborough folk from the Edwardian era. |
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Preserving the past - with
your help
If you have
any photographs or documents which you think may be of interest
to the society, please get in touch. The archive, while
invaluable as a resource for anyone with an interest in
Mexborough history, is also a way of preserving the past for
generations to come. Your photos, videos or documents will be
treated with the utmost care and will be returned promptly after
copying. As you can see from the site, we cover history from the
very early days of the community right up to recent years. So if
you have photos of people and places now gone which you would
like to share, please get in touch. This also includes any video
footage you may have, or film transfered to tape or DVD. |
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