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Thurnscoe Roll of Honour.

May 1919
Barnsley Independent - Saturday 31 May 1919 Thurnscoe Roll of Honour. At a gathering of the Thurnscoe "Success” Lodge of the Sheffield Equalised Druids on...

Railway Trespassing

May 1919
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 14 May 1919 Railway Trespassing Eleven youths from Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe were, at the Juvenile Court at Doncaster today, charged with...

Chilled Meat Banned – Mining Township’s Meatless Week End.

June 1919
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 03 June 1919 Chilled Meat Banned Mining Township’s Meatless Week End. Thurnscoe has had a meatless week end, and the community...

Trespassing in Pursuit of Game

June 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 21 June 1919 Trespassing in Pursuit of Game At Barnsley, yesterday, three young Thurnscoe miners—William Cunliffe, Thomas Cunliffe, and Walter Jackson...

Soldier’s Loss – Strange Story of an Alleged Robbery At Leeds

June 1919
Leeds Mercury - Monday 23 June 1919 Soldier’s Loss. Strange Story of an Alleged Robbery At Leeds Albert Morris Vaughan, twenty-six, of Thurnscoe, Rotherham, was...

Thurnscoe M.S.M.

June 1919
Barnsley Independent - Saturday 21 June 1919 Thurnscoe M.S.M. The Meritorious Service Medal has been awarded to Sergt. W. Goldthorpe, R.A.S.C., son of Mr. and...

Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly

July 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 26, 1919 Coal Strike The Local Situation. No Serious Mine Damage. Industry Running Down. Mines Calm and Orderly In the Mexborugh district the strike is...

Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.

July 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 July 1919 Coal Miner’s Strike Mines Quickly Flooding. Messages from other correspondents throughout the district show how serious the situation....

Don and Dearne Districts – Peace Day

July 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 21 July 1919 Don and Dearne Districts – Peace Day The townships of the Don and Dearne districts were aflame...

Local Peace Rejoicings (9 pictures)

July 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 26, 1919 Great Public Gathering in the Market Place at Mexborough A Section of the Swinton Procession, marching from the Racecourse Pretty...