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Death of Father Curran – Genial and Godly Priest
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 08 January 1904
Death of Father Curran of Goldthorpe
A Genial and Godly Priest
We deeply regret to record the sudden...
Father Curran of Goldthorpe
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 January 1904
Father Curran of Goldthorpe
We regret to record the death of Father Martin Curran, of the Catholic Mission,...
Marriage – Roantree & Bloomer
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Marriage Solemnised
Bloomer & Roantree.
The marriage was solemnised at Barnburgh Church on Monday of Miss Edna Roantree, only daughter of...
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...
Mr. Andrew Montagu & Tenants – Celebration of 80th Birthday
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
Mr. Andrew Montagu and His Tenants – Celebration of His 80th Birthday
On Wednesday evening, to commemorate...
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
The Hull coal return shows that during the past...
Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893
Local Collieries and the Hull Trade
Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses
Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...
Dearne Trams – End Of Municipal Dream – YTC Take Over
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933
Dearne Trams
End Of A Municipal Dream
Yorkshire Traction Company Take Over
Last Tram On Saturday Night
The Substituted 'Bus...
Dearne Youth Club’s Bazaar
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday, December 5th, 1970
Proceeds were in aid of charity . . . a lucky dip and the hope of winning...
Mining Operations in the Don Valley – Easterly Extension
Sheffield Independent – Friday 19 May 1893
Mining Operations in the Don ValleyEasterly Extensions
The development of the South Yorkshire coalfield in an easterly direction has...
Flooding
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883
Flooding
The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...
Almanack for 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880
Almanack for 1881
Mexboro’ Local Board
Members | Order of RetiringStenton, H.Dickinson, P.Peace, W.Beevers, W. | April 15th,...
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
July 1.—Suspicious death of a Mexboro’ man at the Wadsley Asylum.
July 3.—Suicide of...
Chronology for 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879
We give below the principal local events which have taken place during the past...
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...
Signed for Mansfield Town
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
Frank Raynor, of Goldthorpe, who has just been signed by Mansfield Town, was for some time with Goldthorpe United.
He...
Barnburgh Colliery – Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar – Kilnhurst Official Appointed
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
Barnburgh Colliery
Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar
Kilnhurst Official Appointed
Mr. A. F. Linton, assistant manager at Kilnhurst Colliery, has been...
Wedding – Lee & Rowley
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933
Wedding: Rowley & Lee
The wedding of Miss Stella Lee. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lee, of Kelly...
Barnburgh Champions
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933
Barnburgh Champions
The Barnburgh Colliery ambulance team who won the "Argenta" Cup at Blackpool on Saturday. In the group are...
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull.
The amount of trade done with Hull during the...
State of Coal Industry
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878
Barnsley, Friday.
The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 27th January 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 27th January 1939
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Cases admitted to the Hospital during the week include:—
THURSDAY:
Alfred Nicoll, 10, West...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – March 4th, 1939
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
March 4th, 1939
Cases Admitted
SATURDAY:
John Murphy (50), 127 Prospect Avenue, Goldthorpe — compound fracture and pelvis injury, in street.
MONDAY:
Fred Hodkin (30),...