Claim: Harold Massingham, who lived in Mexborough throughout his childhood, taught at the University of Manchester, or the so-called Victoria University of Manchester.
Evidence: Harold Massingham lived in Mexborough through his childhood, and then Manchester from his university days, until moving with his wife Pat to Spain in the 1990s. He taught at the University of Manchester; his students included Steven Waling, and Trevor Griffiths. The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester.