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Wessexman at 13:25, 29 August 2025

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	[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)		[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)

	The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>.Maurice and Fred were remembered by [[Barnsley]] Civic Trust with a new blue plaque at Darfield Museum on Friday 29 August.		The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield (approximately 4 miles east of Barnsley town) captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>. Maurice and Fred were remembered by [[Barnsley]] Civic Trust with a new blue plaque at Darfield Museum on Friday 29 August.

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Wessexman at 13:22, 29 August 2025

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	[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)		[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)

	The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>.Maurice and Fred were remembered by Barnsley Civic Trust with a new blue plaque at Darfield Museum on Friday 29 August.		The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>.Maurice and Fred were remembered by [[Barnsley]] Civic Trust with a new blue plaque at Darfield Museum on Friday 29 August.

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Wessexman: blue plaque for Maurice and Fred

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blue plaque for Maurice and Fred

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	[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)		[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)

	The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>..		The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>.Maurice and Fred were remembered by Barnsley Civic Trust with a new blue plaque at Darfield Museum on Friday 29 August.

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Wessexman: Maurice Dobson

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Maurice Dobson

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	[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)		[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)

			The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre in Darfield captures the life of a gay miner and his partner. For decades, Maurice Dobson (born 1912) and Fred Halliday lived in relative peace as an openly gay couple. They ran a corner shop filled to the brim with cold meats, pantry staples and jars of colourful sweets. Locals recall stepping inside to find Dobson perched on a high stool, dressed in a dapper suit with a cigarette holder in one hand and a parrot on his shoulder. Halliday was comparatively low-key, usually dressed in a brown smock instead <ref> https://heritagecalling.com/2025/04/03/the-story-of-maurice-dobson-the-tough-as-nails-openly-gay-ex-miner/ (accessed 9 April 2025) </ref>..

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Ross Burgess at 10:43, 5 May 2013

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			==LGBT history==

			In 2011 a study found that gay pupils in some schools in South Yorkshire were being told to change for PE in separate rooms.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/17/south-yorkshire-study-gay-students-told-to-change-for-pe-separately/</ref>

			[[Gay Friends South Yorkshire]] (GFSY) is a social group primarily aimed at non-scene gay menhttp://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk/full_search_new.asp?group=25174. Accessed: 2013-05-05. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GO0eugii)

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Ross Burgess at 18:58, 25 February 2013

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Ross Burgess at 10:23, 4 December 2012

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	4 Barnsley]]'''South Yorkshire''' is a metropolitan county in northern England. It roughly corresponds to the southern part of the former West Riding of [[Yorkshire]]. It was created, like other metropolitan counties, in 1974, and originally had an elected metropolitan authority, the South Yorkshire County Council. The County Council, like other metropolitan authorities and the [[Greater London Council]], was abolished in 1986, and the indvidual boroughs became unitary authority areas.		4 Barnsley]]'''South Yorkshire''' is a metropolitan county in northern England. It roughly corresponds to the southern part of the former West Riding of [[Yorkshire]]. It was created, like other metropolitan counties, in 1974, and originally had an elected metropolitan authority, the South Yorkshire County Council. The County Council, like other metropolitan authorities and the [[Greater London Council]], was abolished in 1986, and the indvidual boroughs became [[unitary authority]] areas.

	==Metropolitan Boroughs==		==Metropolitan Boroughs==

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[[File:SouthYorkshireNumbered.png|thumb||South Yorkshire Boroughs:<br>
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4 Barnsley]]'''South Yorkshire''' is a metropolitan county in northern England. It roughly corresponds to the southern part of the former West Riding of [[Yorkshire]]. It was created, like other metropolitan counties, in 1974, and originally had an elected metropolitan authority, the South Yorkshire County Council. The County Council, like other metropolitan authorities and the [[Greater London Council]], was abolished in 1986, and the indvidual boroughs became unitary authority areas.

==Metropolitan Boroughs==

*City of [[Sheffield]]
*[[Rotherham]]
*[[Doncaster]]
*[[Barnsley]]

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