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Wedding – Oxspring & Beardshall

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Wedding: Beardshall & Oxspring The wedding took place at St. Peter's, Hoyland, on Monday of Miss Muriel Oxspring, daughter of...

Wedding – Oxspring & : Beardshall

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Wedding: Beardshall & Oxspring The wedding took place at St. Peter's, Hoyland, on Monday of Miss Muriel Oxspring, daughter of...

Lord Halifax On The Oxford Movement

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933 Lord Halifax On The Oxford Movement A picture of the crowd which attended the meeting on the lawn at Hickleton...

Thurnscoe’s Godfather – Retirement Of Mr. John Minnikin

July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 7th 1933 Thurnscoe’s Godfather Retirement Of Mr. John Minnikin Life Of Service Lived By The Golden Rule "Do unto others as you would they...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
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

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

March 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),...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 17th February 1939

February 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 17th February 1939 Cases Admitted MONDAY: Horace Pond (18), 21 Birdwell Road, Kilnhurst — lacerations of face and concussion, at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 10th February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times,  Friday 10th February 1939 Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List The following cases were admitted to the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, during the...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 3rd February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3rd February 1939 Montagu Hospital  The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Montagu Hospital during the week:— SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127, Probert Avenue,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
  Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 6th January 1939

January 1939
Montagu Hospital - Week’s Casualty List South Yorkshire Times, 6th January 1939 Cases Admitted Mexborough Albert Booth (5 months), of 3 Highfield Cottages, Mexborough, fractured humerus, at home. Treated...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 20th January 1939

January 1939
South Yorkshire Times, 20th January 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Admitted during the week to Montagu Hospital during the week were:— THURSDAY: John Henry Knight (19), 163,...

Auld Lang Syne

South Yorkshire Times, July 14th 1933 Auld Lang Syne Mr. John Winnikin, for many years general manager and agent of the Hickleton Main Colliery, has retired...

Free Hitting At Swinton Price And Probert Show

21 July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 21st 1933 Free Hitting At Swinton Price And Probert Show  Enterprise Adverse weather conditions marred the match at Swinton on Saturday when...

Firbeck v Hickleton

11 August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1933 Yorkshire Council Saturday’s Games Shock For Denaby Wath  282 for 7   Rockingham  135 for 7 For the second Saturday in succession Wath made...

Wedding – Taylor & Temperton

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1933 Wedding: Temperton & Taylor The wedding took place at Thurnscoe Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Ada Taylor, second daughter...

An “All-Star” Cast for Swinton

18 August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th 1933 An “All-Star” Cast for Swinton The cream of local cricket in the match at Swinton on Tuesday arranged by Mr....

The Eisteddfod – Thurnscoe Choral Conductor’s Impressions

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th 1933 The Eisteddfod Thurnscoe Choral Conductor’s Impressions “English Not Wanted” Mr. E. A. Smith South Yorkshire was represented last Thursday at the Welsh National...

Editorial – What of 1943 ?

2 January 1943
South Yorkshire Times January 2nd 1943 What of 1943 ? Standing on the threshold of 1943 the thought that is naturally uppermost in the minds of...

Crossley’s Advance – A Real “Come Back”

July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 28th 1933 Crossley’s Advance Critics Taking Notice Griselle Mastered A Real “Come Back” Harry Crossley had a stiff test on Saturday at Leicester against Maurice...

Shortage of First-Rate Wicketkeepers

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1933 Shortage of First-Rate Wicketkeepers There is a shortage of first-rate wicketkeepers in the district this season. Many of the local...

Marconigrams – January 20th, 1933

January 1933
South Yorkshire Times  January 20, 1933 Marconigrams The rainfall in the Dearne Valley area during December was .72 of an inch. A new X-ray department is shortly...

Hickleton Main Bowls Club “A” Team

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times, December 5th 1970 Members of Hickleton Main Bowls Club “A” team, winners of the Doncaster “A” section for the second consecutive year...