A BLUE plaque commemorating Maurice Dobson and Fred Halliday has officially been placed on the side of Darfield Museum.
Maurice was born in Wombwell in 1912 and like most boys of his age, he became a miner, going down the pits at the age of 14.
He worked as a miner until he was 17, before joining the army in 1929.
It was when Maurice was fighting in World War Two that he met his lifelong partner, Fred, who was from West Yorkshire.
After the war ended, the pair spent a decade working at hotels along the coast before deciding to move back to Barnsley.
Maurice and Fred settled in Darfield, taking over a small shop that was to become Darfield’s well-known convenience store.
Based on Vicar Road, it is now a beloved museum run by volunteers - and that’s where the blue plaque will be placed.
Plans to have the plaque put up at the side of the museum were officially approved by the council last week and it didn’t take long for them to show it off.
