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Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Coun. T.H. Barker
Struck By Chain – Barnburgh Mineworker’s Death
1890 May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1892 Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892 Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892 Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1894 Jan A Disastrous Year
1899 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1902 Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1907 Jul Village Tragedy – Goldthorpe Sensation Inquest.
1909 Apr Goldthorpe Miner’s Violent End
1909 Jul New Pit at Goldthorpe
1909 Sep Hickleton Miner Buried – “I am done.”
1909 Sep Killed in Hickleton Main Colliery
1909 Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1909 Dec New Collieries – Extensions in Mexborough District (map)
1911 Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912 Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912 Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912 Mar Righteous Scenes at Cadeby – A Rumour Causes Big Demonstrations
1912 Mar Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Good Work by Police – Ugly Rushes by 8000 Strong Crowd
1912 Mar Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Police Baton Charge
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1913 Apr New Colliery at Barnburgh
1917 Jan Fourteen Year Old Pony Driver is First Fatal Accident
1917 Feb Boom in Colliery Villages and Towns
1917 Oct Offences in Coal Mines – Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster
1917 Oct Removing Portion of Safety Lamp
1917 Oct Obstinate Pit Hand – Goldthorpe Man fined at Doncaster.
1917 Nov Corporal’s Terrible Death.
1918 Feb Goldthorpe Miner Killed – Men Work To Show Sympathy
1918 May Pony Driver Killed by 5 Tons of Roof
1918 Jul Checkweighman Case – At the House of Commons
1918 Jul Checkweighman Case – Charge Against Barmbro’ Checkweighman – Liability for Service.
1918 Aug Checkweighman’s Appeal
1918 Aug Cruelty To A Horse – Animal Dies Through Brutal Ill-Treatment.
1918 Oct Unruly Boy – Row in the Goldthorpe Pit.
1919 Mar Mass Meeting of Miners at Goldthorpe
1919 May Pony Driver Killed
1919 May An Ambulance “Skipper”
1919 May Colliery Case Dismissed.
1919 Jun Barnburgh Colliery Ambulance Team
1919 Jul Complained of Pain in Back and Died
1919 Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Goldthorpe Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1919 Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919 Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1920 May Orders against Miners For Strike Relief.
1920 Oct The Datum Ballot – Heavy Adverse Vote
1920 Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921 Jan Goldthorpe Boy Killed by Runaway Tubs.
1921 Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921 Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921 Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921 May Goldthorpe Deputies Death – Adjourned Inquest
1921 May Controversy at Goldthorpe – Y.M.A.  Officials Prevent Trouble
1921 May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921 May Strike in Seventh Week
1921 Sep Pit Pilfering – Boy Who Lost His Life through It – Deadly “Hiding Place”
1927 Mar An Active Octogenerian – Goldthorpe Worthy’s Varied Career
1927 Oct Fall of 40 Tons – Engine Man’s Graphic Story of Pit Accident.
1927 Dec Another Tragedy for Family
1927 Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review
1928 Mar Fatal Familiarity – Life Lost to Save Two Minutes
1928 Sep Jerked To Roof – Goldthorpe Boy Killed by Haulage Rope – Barnburgh Accident
1928 Sep Coal Trade Outlook – Hopeful Signs at South Yorkshire Pits – Five Counties Scheme.
1928 Oct 1,000 Empty Houses – Coal Developments Which Failed to Materialise.
1928 Nov “The Toilers”
1928 Nov “The Toilers.” The Miner at Work and Play. A Coalfield Film.
1928 Dec  Mining Deaths – Mystery of Goldthorpe Accident.
1929 Feb Important Compensation Point – Award in Goldthorpe Miner’s Favour
1929 Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929 May Miner’s Life Lost Through Error of Judgment.
1929 May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1929 Jul Jumped the Wrong Way – Goldthorpe Miner Caught by a Bump
1929 Aug Goldthorpe Miner’s Death – A Year-Old Accident Injury
1929 Sep Minister of Mines At Barnburgh
1930 Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’
1930 Dec Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1930 Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys – Prospects None Too Bright.
1931 Jan Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1931 Aug 90 Workmate Robbed – Goldthorpe Miners Fined.
1931 Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1932 Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1932 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932 Jul “Black Diamonds” Public Showing
1932 Sep Coroner’s Appeal To Miners – Miner Killed By Big Fall
1932 Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1933 Jan Steel Props – Lightning Strike At Barnburgh – Order Disobeyed
1933 Apr Shocking Accident – Goldthorpe Miner’s Leg Torn Off
1934 Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1937 Apr Coronation Draw
1937 Aug Appointment to Lloyd Perran Ironstone Mine in Cornwall
1937 Nov Killed By Fall – Inquest on Goldthorpe Pit Boy
1938 Jan Hickleton Pit Strike Ended
1938 Mar Gaol For Miner – Mottying Offence at Goldthorpe
1938 Apr Miners’ Strike at Barnborough – Some 2,000 Workers Affected
1938 Apr Truce in Barnborough Main Dispute
1938 May Barnborough Closed – Hickleton Starts Short-time
1938 Aug Traders Hit Dearne – District Pit Stoppages
1938 Oct Wonderful Old Lady
1938 Oct Barnboro’ Main Pit Re-Opening
1938 Oct Goldthorpe Colliery Company Ltd
1938 Oct Barnboro’ Main Pit Re-Opening
1938 Nov Fatal Accident In Pit
1938 Nov Starting at the Bottom – Prospective Don Valley Candidate
1938 Nov Interdepartmental Trophy Presented to Colliery Cricket Team
1938 Dec Two Killed In Coal Fall at a South Yorkshire Pit
1938 Dec Barnburgh Main Pensions Fund
1939 Feb Highgate Youth Killed At Hickleton – Damaged Tub Brings Down Roof
1939 Mar So Big – Barnburgh Main Colliery Chimney
1939 Apr At Colliery A Day.
1939 Jun “Dirty Trick” – Goldthorpe Man Admits Mottying
1939 Jul Goldthorpe Miner Killed At Barnburgh Colliery – Accident No One Saw
1941 May Wood Shield Final – Barnburgh Colliery take Third Place
1941 Jul Thurnscoe By-Worker’s Death – Three Months After Accident
1942 Apr Obituary – Mr Frank C. Chivers
1942 Apr Miner’s Death.
1942 Apr Ripper Killed – Caught By Fall At Barnburgh
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942 May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942 May Four Months After Accident – Mine Worker’s Death
1942 May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942 May Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering
1942 May 30 Editorial – Coalfield Unrest
1942 Jun Causes of Barnburgh Disaster “Without Precedent in This Country”
1942 Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – At The Pit Bottom
1942 Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Underground Show Goes Through Without a Hitch
1942 Aug Leader’s Faith in Miners – Canteen Opened at Dearne Valley Colliery
1942 Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1942 Sep Changed Their Minds – Barnburgh Main Men – Agree to Work Down Pit
1943 Apr Thurnscoe Haulage Hand Crushed
1947 Jan NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts
1947 Jan South Yorkshire Pit Disasters
1947 Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years
1947 Apr Reward for Good Work (video)
1947 May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947 May Joe Baski Tours Pits – Eventful Afternoon in South Yorkshire
1947 May Five Day Week – Early Impressions Favourable
1947 May Five Day Week – Early Reports
1947 Sep Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved – Government May Intervene
1947 Dec Number 3 Output Best Ever
1948 Jan 50 p.c. Absent at Some Yorkshire Pits
1948 Jan Former Highgate Director’s Trip to U.S.A.
1948 Feb Leaving Barnburgh
1948 Jun National Coal Board New Policy
1948 Nov Pit Strike Ends
1949 Mar £90,000 Mine Winder – Coming to Barnburgh Main For £23,000
1949 Oct £4 Million Coal Mine Scheme for Yorkshire
1949 Oct Miners to fight £4,000,000 concentration plan
1949 Oct Vast Yorkshire Pit Plan Ready
1950 Jan Hickleton Main Deputies, Officials and Friends Dinner
1950 Apr More Coal Queens – Area Final at Wath Next Month
1950 Dec Absentees Kept Pits Closed – 50,000 Took An Extra Day
1951 Feb Obituary – Mr. Charles Hanmer – Mining Film Pioneer (video)
1951 Mar Breakdowns Cut Output
1951 May Weekly Coal Output
1951 May Whitsun Output Drop
1951 Jun Pits Output in Number 3 Area
1951 Jul N.C.B. North Eastern Division Annual Fishing Contest.
1951 Aug Goldthorpe Hit Target
1951 Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951 Nov Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth
1951 Nov On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next
1951 Nov Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output
1951 Dec Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby
1951 Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951 Dec Holiday Hangover
1953 Apr Collieries Record Yield
1957 Mar Citation for First Aider
1957 Jun Barnburgh Main Pit Blast – 20 Miners Burned
1957 Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957 Sep Pit Baths in use at Goldthorpe
1957 Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1959 Jan Goldthorpe Miners in Road Mishap
1959 Jan Barnburgh Pit Gets a Million Tons
1959 Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959 Mar Barnburgh Colliery General Knowledge Knockout “Quiz”
1959 Mar Barnburgh Main Sports Queen
1959 Aug Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’
1959 Aug Third Time Unlucky – Pit Accident Victim Had Been Injured Twice Before
1959 Aug Barnburgh Main Colliery Retirements
1959 Sep “Accidental Death” Verdict – Goldthorpe Man Killed in Barnburgh Pit Mishap
1959 Sep Barnburgh Colliery Sports Club
1959 Sep Colliery Sports Club Pigeon Race Winner
1960 Mar Barnburgh Pit Fatality – Bolton Married Man is Victim
1960 Mar Barnburgh Colliery Sports Club Queen
1960 May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960 Aug Feeding “King” on Bread & Jam
1960 Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960 Sep Barnburgh Main Presentation
1960 Sep Barnburgh Main Swimming Gala
1967 Jan Retiring after 30 Years at Barnburgh
1967 Jan Retiring after 30 Years at Barnburgh
1967 Aug New unit is one of the 50 “top pits” – Scheduled for a Visit by Lord Robens in November
1967 Oct Barnburgh Colliery Safety Exhibition
1967 Oct Barnburgh Colliery Swimming Gala
1967 Nov Retirement After 50 Years at Barnburgh Main
1967 Nov The Best Future of Any Coalfield – Lord Robens Visits Goldthorpe
1968 Oct Barnburgh Main Colliery Retirement Presentation
1969 Jan Goldthorpe Colliery Angling Club Prize Night
1969 Jan Pit Angling Club Prize night
1969 Mar Barnburgh Officials’ Social Club
1969 Aug Colleagues Raise Their Glasses.
1969 Sep £2,500,000 Manvers Plan Will Be Boost To Three Area Collieries.
1969 Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1970 Apr N.C.B. Apprentice Awards
1970 May Walking On Cotton Wool – Pathologist at pit death inquest
1970 Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)