PONTEFRACT IN 1953
6th February 1953 -
THEY WERE IN THE HURRICANES PATH
A Pontefract airman and his wife, and a
former Castleford man and his family, are among the thousands of people
who have been made temporarily homeless by the hurricane which battered
the East Coast of England during the weekend
6th February 1953
- CIVIC CALLS FOR HELP FOR FLOOD
VICTIMS
Calls
for help for the flood victims have gone out from civic leaders
throughout the Pontefract and Castleford district. The Mayor of
Pontefract, Alderman F.D. Leach, at the meeting of the Town Council, on
Wednesday, expressed the town’s sympathy
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.
13th February 1953
- GENEROUS HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
Generous help from local districts
for those who have suffered in the floods, which have ravished the East
Coast has quickly been forthcoming, in money, clothing and bedding
27th March 1953
- LIFE OF ROYAL COURAGE
The nation is mourning the loss of a gracious personality and a great
Queen. Queen Mary, who had been unwell for some weeks and confined to
her home at Marlborough House, London, died in her sleep on Tuesday
night
1st April 1953
- TRIBUTES TO QUEEN MARY
Last tributes to Queen Mary were paid throughout the country yesterday,
when the funeral took place at Windsor Castle.
29th May 1953
- CORONATION EVENTS
Petty
Officer G.R. White, an instructor at a Naval signal establishment, is
among those forming part of the Naval contingent for the Coronation
parade in London. At present serving on a regular engagement
29th May 1953 -
PONTEFRACT CORONATION WEEK
Sunday
31st May at 10.45am: Civic Service, Parish Church.
