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1890 May A Ramble Round Mexborough – The Present and The Past.
1901 Jan Death of Queen Victoria
1918 Jan District Shoppers in Need of Margarine and Meat – “Invasion” of Mexborough
1918 Dec Battle Honours – Local Decorations in Great War – A Remarkable List of 250 Heroes
1918 Dec Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – Final Year of the War
1919 Jul Soldiers Raid Socialist Meeting.
1920 Nov Armistice Day – The Unknown Warrior – The Great Silence (videos)
1921 Jan Leading Local Events in 1920
1921 Dec Diary of the Year 1921 – Leading Local Events
1928 Jan Goldthorpe Musical Festival – First Syllabus – Elocution Encouraged
1929 May Goldthorpe Musical Competition Festival
1929 Nov Armistice Day – Silence Amid Storm.
1929 Dec A Flood Nocturne
1930 Jan Diary of Local History in 1929 – Quarter 1 – January to March
1930 Jan Diary of Local History in 1929 – Quarter 2 – April to June
1930 Jan Diary of Local History in 1929 – Quarter 3 – July to September
1930 Jan Diary of Local History in 1929 – Quarter 4 – October to December
1930 Jan Last Year’s Tale of Tragedy – A Diary of Inquests.
1930 Jan Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements & Disappointments – Quarter 1
1931 Jan Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 2
1931 Jan Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 3
1931 Jan Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 4
1931 Jan The Casualty List 1930
1937 Dec 1937 Year of Hopes Achieved
1938 Aug Value of Black-Out Minimised – Weather Baulks Planes – Curious Crowds in Streets
1939 Jan Special Constables.
1939 Apr National Service Pageant
1939 May Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
1939 May Goldthorpe May Queen symbolic act
1939 Aug Lord Halifax at Hickleton
1939 Aug Editorial – On the Brink
1939 Aug Hitler Calls War Council – Peace Appeals by Pope & Roosevelt
1939 Aug Montagu Hospital – The Weeks Casualty List
1939 Sep South Yorkshire Looks to Its Defences – Reports from the Districts
1939 Sep Worst Storm For Years – Havoc in Mexborough District – Bus Passengers’ Ordeal
1939 Sep 1  Editorial – Standing By
1939 Sep 9  Editorial – The Curtain Rises – The Die Is Cast.
1939 Sep 16 Editorial – The Fog of War
1939 Sep 23 Editorial – Frankenstein and His Monster
1939 Sep 30 Editorial – The Cost of War
1939 Oct Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
1939 Nov Air Raid Shelter for Pickhills Avenue
1939 Dec Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
1939 Dec Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 23 Dec 1939
1940 Jan Mexboro’ and Dearne A.R.P. Workers Tackle “Paper” Incidents.
1940 Jun 1  Editorial – Base Betrayal – Dunkirk – Invasion
1940 Jun 29 Editorial – Pawned By Petain
1940 Jul 20 Editorial – Total Defence (audio)
1941 Jan Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
1941 Feb War Weapons Week – Advert
1941 Feb War Weapons Week – Ambitious Don & Dearne Effort
1941 Feb War Weapons Week – Parades
1941 Feb War Weapons Week – Schools – Poster and Slogan Competition
1941 Mar Montagu Hospital -The Week’s Casualty Admitted:
1941 Mar 8  Editorial – Balkan Rot (video)
1947 Dec Whose Liability ? Goldthorpe-Mexborough-Conisbrough Fever Tangle
1948 Jun “Worms in Water – Specimens Shown – “No Bacterial Effect”
1948 Nov Two Day Fog Blackout – Girls Walk Into Canal
1949 Jul Round Your Way – Barnburgh
1949 Aug Round Your Way – Goldthorpe
1949 Sep Goldthorpe’s New Arrival
1949 Dec Some Outstanding Events of 1949 – Do You Remember?
1959 Oct Road Widening between Goldthorpe and Hickleton
1960 Jan Diary of the Year 1959 Presented in Brief – Sunshine and Shadow of life in South Yorkshire
1968 Feb Barnburgh Hall
1968 Apr Story Of 1968 In Retrospect – Quarter 4
1968 Oct At Dearne Festival
1968 Dec Story Of 1968 In Retrospect – Quarter 2
1968 Dec Story Of 1968 In Retrospect – Quarter 3
1968 Dec The Story Of 1968 In Retrospect – Quarter 1
1969 Jan “Bess’s Christmas Eve Tit-Bit
1969 Mar Badsworth Hunt
1969 Apr Don and Dearne Scouts St George’s Day
1969 May Dearne Meals on Wheels
1969 May “How Green was My Valley?”
1969 May Prizes For Milkmen
1969 May 24 Life In The Shadow Of The Headstocks.
1969 Oct Changing Face of Don and Dearne
1969 Nov The End of Barnburgh Hall
1970 Jan ‘Flu Builds Up Queues