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Marriages & Deaths – Friday 22 September 1893

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 22 September 1893 Marriages. Platt—Holmes.—September 10, at the Registry Office, Doncaster, by special license, Albert Platt, only son of Mr....

Marriages & Deaths – Friday 15 September 1893

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 15 September 1893 Marriages. Hattersley—Marshall.—September 13, at the Parish Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. E. D. Boswell, assisted by the...

The Coal War – Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work.

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 September 1893 The Coal War. Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work. Everything Quiet, Soldiers and Police Leaving the...

Marriages & Deaths – Friday 29 September 1893

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 September 1893 Marriages. Brown—Ackroyd.—September 19, at the Register Office, Barnsley, John Brown to Mary A. Ackroyd, both of Lundhill. Edd—Peace.—On...

The Coal War – Signs of Peace

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 22 September 1893 The Coal War Signs of Peace Yorkshire Delegates in Durham Distress in the District Coalowners offer the Olive Branch The Beginning...

Wath Main Riot – Reckless & Wanton Damage – Gang of Drunken Ruffians.

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 08 September 1893 The Wath Main Riot. Reckless and Wanton Damage.—Fire. Fiends of Mischief at Work. A Gang of Drunken Ruffians. The Police...

Meeting of Miners

August 1881
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 17 August 1881 Meeting of Miners On Monday evening a meeting of miners from Denaby Main,...

Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

August 1881
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 12 August 1881 The Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The official return of the quantity of coal...

Stealing and Wilful Damage

August 1881
York Herald - Monday 29 August 1881 West Riding Police At the West Riding Police-court on Saturday, Martin Coyne, a lad residing at Mexbro’, for stealing...

Wedding – Denman & Hirst

South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 January 1961 Miss A. Denman (Mexborough) and Mr. D. Hirst (Conisbrough) after their marriage at Mexborough Parish Church.

Marconigrams – November 3rd, 1933

November 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd, 1933 Marconigrams "Anything for an unquiet life—that’s the modem slogan."—Mr. Ingleby Oddie. October was the best trading month in the Yorkshire coal...

Weddings – Smith & Dodds 

October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 13th, 1933 Weddings - Smith & Dodds  At Swinton Parish Church on Wednesday Miss Constance Mary Smith, elder daughter of Mr. and...

Wedding – Shenton & Holland

South Yorkshire Times, October 27th, 1933 Weddings Swinton Shenton & Holland The wedding took place at St. Margaret's, Swinton, on Saturday, of Miss Marjorie Holland, youngest...

Widespread Grief & Sympathy – Heavy & Unexpected Blow

February 1952
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 February 1952 Widespread Evidence of Personal Grief and Sympathy A Heavy and Unexpected Blow South Yorkshire heard the news of the...

Editorial – “Happy Returns” – Hitler’s Birthday

24 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 April 1943 “Happy Returns” Hitler’s birthday, always a portentous rather than a cheerful anniversary, was a more hollow affair...

Marconigrams – Saturday 24 April 1943

April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 April 1943 Marconigrams Rotherham Quarter Sessions will be held on Friday, April 30th. Holidays at home will be arranged in...

Editorial – The Budget

17 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 April 1943 The Budget The Budget, over whose secrets we were wont to tremble, caused barely a ripple on...

Marconigrams – Saturday 17 April 1943

April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 April 1943 Marconigrams It was stated at the annual meeting of Fullerton Hospital, Denaby Main, on Monday, that a...

Marconigrams – Saturday 10 April 1943

April 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 April 1943 Marconigrams Mexborough Holidays at Home Week is to be held from July 31st to August 7th and proceeds...

Marconigrams – Saturday 10 April 1943

April 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 April 1943 Marconigrams Mexborough Holidays at Home Week is to be held from July 31st to August 7th and proceeds...

Wath & District Ladies’ Darts League

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Pictured At the individual Finals of the Wath and district ladies’ darts league at Dale Browns sports...

Editorial – Coming Events

10 April 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 April 1943 Coming Events An unmistakable tendency for the fighting in North Africa to impinge more and more on the...

Marconigrams – Saturday 03 April 1943

April 1943
South YorkshireTimes - Saturday 03 April 1943 Marconigrams A Bring and Buy Sale, organised by Mrs. S. E. Baker, of Milton House, Swinton, to help the...

Editorial – View Halloo

3 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 April 1943 View Halloo Though it is not by any means over yet, the Battle of Tunisia has been...

Car and Bus Collision at Manvers Bridge – Bus Driver Fined

April 1934
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 27 April 1934 Car and Bus Collision at Manvers Bridge Bus Driver Fined A collision near Manvers Main bridge on March 11th...