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Marconigrams – August 11th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th, 1933
Marconigrams
How we envy and admire those that go down to the sea in slips!
Weary Willie (sighing): Don't I feel...
Marconigrams – October 6th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Marconigrams
West Yorkshire coal mines were operated at a loss of £210,611 during August.
Plans have been prepared for a new...
Winning Quartet
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1933
Winning Quarter
The Thurnscoe Orpheus combination who won the male voice quartet class at the Mexboro’ Music Festival on Saturday...
The Hull Coal Trade – 30,000 Tons Decrease
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 06 April 1903
The Hull Coal Trade
A 30,000 Tons Decrease
The return furnished by the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping...
The Hull Coal Trade – November Returns
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 December 1903
The Hull Coal Trade
November Returns
Denaby and Cadeby Collieries, which, of course, head the list, stand out...
Drunk & Disorderly & Obscene Language
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 25 September 1903
Drunk and Disorderly
For this offence the following fines were inflicted:
Albert Hartley, collier, Denaby, £1 including costs.
John...
Mexboro’ and District League – Final Table
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 25 September 1903
Mexboro’ and District League
A meeting of the representatives of the clubs forming the above competition was...
Marconigrams – 17th July 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 17 July 1903
Marconigrams
Hickleton sports realised £24.
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On Wednesday a late Denaby miner set sail for America.
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Wednesday was St. Swithin’s...
Marriage – Miss Phyllis Fletcher & Mr Douglas Bell
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Miss Phyllis Fletcher and Mr. Douglas Bell (Both Of Thurnscoe), who were married at St. Helen’s, Thurnscoe,...
Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 02 June 1893
Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry
Whilst the pits are working very...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thurnscoe Wedding – Jackson & Hardy
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933
Thurnscoe
Wedding: Hardy & Jackson
Miss Irene Jackson, second daughter of Mrs. Jackson, 67, Windsor Street, Thurnscoe East, and the late...
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...
The First Match
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1933
The First Match
Hickleton turning out to field in the first Yorkshire Council match on the Brampton ground.
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...
Hickleton 75 Ackworth 48 – Brothers’ Fine Bowling – Amazing Collapse Of...
South Yorkshire Times, May 19th 1933
Brothers’ Fine Bowling
Amazing Collapse Of Ackworth
The sort of cricket spectators revel in was seen at Hickleton on Saturday when...
Hickletoon 45 Mexborough 48 for 3 – A Fiery Wicket
South Yorkshire Times, May 26th 1933
A Fiery Wicket
Hickleton found a fiery wicket awaiting them at Mexboro' and never looked like settling down against the...
Hickleton 90 Swinton 92 for 6 – Hickleton Batsmen Baffled – Hart’s...
South Yorkshire Times, May 26th 1933
Yorkshire Council
Hickleton Batsmen Baffled
Hart’s Brilliant Feat
Splendid bowling by Tom Hart (picture) had the Hickleton batsmen baffled at Thurnscoe,...
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...