TRIUMPHANT members of Hoyland Kirk Balk Girls' school choir are all smiles after being awarded a shield following their success in a school choir singing competition. But can any of our readers tell us what the competition was?

DO any of our readers recognise themselves on a photograph of children who attended Silkstone School in the early-1930s? The photograph was submitted by Sheila Walton of Silkstone Common. She told us the teacher's name was Frances Mary Exley from Emley.

MARK Jones was one of the most talented footballers to come out of Barnsley. Born on June 15, 1933, he lived with his family in Wombwell.

THE Barnsley British Co-operative Society's Arcadian Hall in Market Street was a very popular venue for the public of Barnsley and surrounding areas. It attracted packed audiences, well-attended dinner dances, band concerts and many other special functions.

LOTS of interest has been shown in a set of photographs which were displayed at a Barnsley Photographic Exhibition in the 1950s.
They came to light in the loft of the home of exhibitor Douglas Long during a clean-out and have recently been published in Memories.

CARL Evans spotted a photograph in Memories of a group of lads having a pint at a Blackpool pub during Barnsley Feast Week 1964.
It brought back happy memories as he and his pals had visited the same pub four years earlier.

AN appeal in Memories for information about a photograph of a couple relaxing on a beach at the seaside has had a great success. It was submitted to Memories by Angela Pogson of Huddersfield. She had mysteriously received it in a package from Royal Mail which contained a letter written by her.

NEARLY 70 years ago Vincent Herbert Jones was one of the winners in a national poster competition. National Savings was running the competition to find a slogan to encourage people to save.

A PINT with their pals. A group of young men is having a good time on holiday at Blackpool during Barnsley Feast Week in 1964.