Home 1870
1870
Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – Final Year of the War
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918
Victory Year.
The Stirring Events of 1918.
South Yorkshire's Part in the Final Effort.
We have passed through the year of...
Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – South Yorkshire’s Part
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918
While the battle raged on the Western Front, the people in the South Yorkshire district were doing their...
When Zeppelins Came
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 04 December 1918
When Zeppelins Came
The Mexborough district was subjected to a severe aerial attack on the night of September...
The Labour Troubles.
Hull Daily Mail - Thursday 23 January 1919
The Labour Troubles.
Yorkshire Coal Crisis. Late last night it was stated that the whole of the...
A Painful Story – Allegations in a Thurnscoe Case,
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 25, 1919
A Painful Story
Allegations in a Thurnscoe Case,
At Doncaster, on Saturday, William Jackson, miner, Thurnscoe, who has recently been...
Illegal Footwear Competition – Boot Trade and Blackleg Repairing
Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 05 February 1919
Illegal Footwear Competition
Boot Trade and Blackleg Repairing
Complaint was made at yesterday’s meeting of the Doncaster and District Boot...
Assault on Police – Thurnscoe Man Sent to Gaol.
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 1, 1929
Assault on Police.
Thurnscoe Man Sent to Gaol.
For an assault on P.c. Prance, at Thurnscoe on Saturday, .Joseph Bennett,...
Soldier – Elsom W.– Died of Tuberculosis
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 8, 1919
Private W Elsom
K.O.Y.L.I.,
Private Elsom, Thurnscoe, Returned prisoner, Died of tuberculosis.
From C.W.G.C.:
Private
ELSOM, W
Service Number 26611
Died 29/01/1919
Aged 31
8th Bn.
King's Own...
Thurnscoe’s 218 Houses.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 05 March 1919
Thurnscoe's 218 Houses.
The housing problem is being seriously tackled in the mining district of Thurnscoe, and the...
Yorkshire Floods – Dwellings Isolated and Park Inundated.
Sheffield Independent - Friday 14 March 1919
Yorkshire Floods
Dwellings Isolated and Park Inundated.
Thurnscoe and Wath-upon-Dearne districts have had unenviable experience result of the heavy...