6th February 1953
YEAR WAS TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF CELEBRATION

"The Flood disaster... has cast a despondent atmosphere over a nation’s spirit in a year which was to have been one of complete jubilation," declares the Chairman of the Osgoldcross Rural Council. "Many residents have asked me to open a local fund from which money can be made available to alleviate the suffering and distress of the victims, and assist in making good damage caused to house property, and so to express in tangible form our sympathy with those affected. I know residents of the Osgoldcross Rural Community will wish me to act quickly on their behalf, therefore I have opened a fund and invite everyone to send donations or arrange for collections to me or the Clerk of the Council at Tanshelf House, Pontefract. I am convinced that no further words of mine are needed to enlist your help and most strenuous efforts in support of this most worthy and necessary appeal."