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Marconigrams – Saturday 28 June 1924

June 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 June 1924 Marconigrams The Dearne Valley District Light Railway will be opened, subject to the Board of Trade inspection...

Marconigrams – Saturday 21 June 1924

June 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 June 1924 Marconigrams Mexborough Feast opens this week-end. It is in the hard school of life that men get the...

Deaths – 30 September 1881

September 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 30 September 1881 Deaths BLACKIE.—On the 20th inst., at William-street, Swinton, Martha Ann Blackie, aged 5 years. BURGESS.—On the 25th September,...

Barnburgh Heat Complaint

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 March 1952 Barnburgh Heat Complaint Three Faces on Strike A dispute which affected three faces in the Barnsley and Parkgate Seams...

Dispute Cut No. 3 Output

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 8 March 1952 Dispute Cut No. 3 Output The five-day dispute at Kilnhurst Colliery affected output in No. 3 Area of...

Strike Hit No. 3 Output

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 1 March 1952 Strike Hit No. 3 Output A two-day dispute in the Silkstone Seam at Manvers Main Colliery affected Area...

Editorial – The Merry Month

29 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 29 May 1943 The Merry Month The merry month becomes more and more of a mockery for the Axis as the...

Editorial – Taken at the Flood

22 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 22 May 1943 Taken at the Flood Mr. Churchill's Congress speech on Wednesday, while subject to the obvious limitations of the...

Editorial – Now For It

15 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 May 1943 Now For It Whatever hopes the Germans had of making a Sebastopol of Bizerta or a Bataan of...

Editorial – Shadows Of Strife

8 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 May 1943 Shadows Of Strife To those of us who have often looked askance at the sheer blatancy of German...

Editorial – Frightfulness

1 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 May 1943 Frightfulness Primitive morality has long been a special attribute of the Axis powers, war reeks with examples of...

Events of 1933

December 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 December 1933 Events of 1933 January 18—County Council fixed new scale of public assistance which caused widespread protests, several guardians'...

Marconigrams – Friday 15 December 1933

December 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 December 1933 Marconigrams Tuesday was the 67th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster. A Boots for Bairns appeal was read...

Marconigrams – Saturday 31 May 1924

May 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 May 1924 Marconigrams A "Mayor's Parlour" has been provided at Wombwell Town Hall. The "Hospital Sunday" season opens next Sunday...

Marconigrams – Saturday 29 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 March 1913 Marconigrams The local places of entertainment have done big business during Eastertide. Great developments are being made in...

Marconigrams – Saturday 22 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 March 1913 Marconigrams This year, spring begins on Good Friday. A new picture palace is to be opened at Wath...

Marconigrams – Saturday 15 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times Marconigrams The question of Urban Powers for Conisboro’ and Denaby is being revived. The next issue of the “Times” will be on Thursday...

Broadhead Ltd. Barnsley Road,

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Furniture – Soft Furnishing And Carpets Installed By D. Broadhead Ltd. Barnsley Road, Goldthorpe Congratulations To Dearne...

The Coal War – Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work.

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 September 1893 The Coal War. Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work. Everything Quiet, Soldiers and Police Leaving the...

Junior Schools’ League Final -Rossington St & Highgate (picture)

January 1961
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 January 1961 “Action” in the Rossington Street goal area during the Don and Dearne Junior Schools’ League final between...

1960 in Retrospect – Flash-Back on Items of News Interest

January 1961
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 January 1961 1960 in Retrospect Flash-Back on Items of News Interest in an Eventful Old Year Do You Remember These? January Hundreds of...

Goldthorpe Betting House – £91 In Fines – “People Will Bet “

November 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1933 Police Court News Goldthorpe Betting House £91 In Fines "People Will Bet " After being fined £91 on four previous occasions,...

A Childrens Pantomime

October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1933 A Childrens Pantomime A pantomime which reverses the usual order, being performed by children for adults, is on show this...

Wedding – Whittles & Parker

October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1933 Barnburgh Wedding: Parker & Whittles At Barnburgh Church on Saturday Miss Minnie Evelina Theaker Whittles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J....

Helped Themselves

November 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd1933 Helped Themselves Four Goldthorpe girls, Lily Cadman, Miriam Burns, Edith Elliott and Lily Connelly, were each ordered to pay 6s. costs...