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Strike in Seventh Week

May 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 May 1921 Seven Weeks There is a gentle spirit of optimism abroad. All the gossip is of unofficial discussions...

Marconigrams

May 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 May 1921 Marconigrams “Empire Day” passed unnoticed in the district. Cock fighting has broken out in the Doncaster district. Arrangements have...

Damaging Trees – Batch of Prosecutions

May 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 June 1921 Damaging Trees Batch of Prosecutions On Saturday at Doncaster, a number of miners were summoned for damaging trees. In...

Census Returns – Slight Increase of Population – Local Figures.

August 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 27 August 1921 The Census Returns. Slight Increase of National Population Some Local Figures. The preliminary Census returns were...

Marconigrams – August 27th 1921

August 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 27 August 1921 Marconigrams. The Prince is going to give the Leger a miss Electricity for domestic purposes is being installed...

Pit Pilfering – Boy Who Lost His Life through It – Deadly “Hiding Place”

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 September 1921 Pit Pilfering Boy Who Lost His Life through It Curious Barnburgh Case A Deadly “Hiding Place” An inquest wan held...

Marconigrams – September 03rd, 1921

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 September 1921 Marconigrams Now the war is over. The old country gets more and more like a land fit for...

Marconigrams – September 17th, 1921

September 1921
Mexborough and Swinton Times Saturday 17 September, 1921 Marconigrams Conisbrough Urban Council is making a good start. (Article Conisbrough site) The midweek market at Wombwell proving exceedingly popular. The...

Marconigrams – September 24th, 1921

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 September 1921 Marconigrams. There are over 50,000 unemployed miners in Wales. The cast of living now stands, officially, at...

Goldthorpe Butcher and the Children.

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 September 1921 Goldthorpe Butcher and the Children. On Tuesday, at Doncaster, Alfred Hopkinson, a butcher, of Goldthorpe, was...