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Marconigrams – July 7, 1924

July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — July 7, 1924 Marconigrams Last year local taxation fell from £6 11s. 10d. to £5 1s. 3d. per head of the...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 28 March 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 28 March 1914 Marconigrams Lord George Sanger’s Circus will shortly pay visits to Mexborough and Goldthorpe. The Mexboro’ Sports will be...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 21 March 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 21 March 1914 Marconigrams Spring commences to-day (Saturday). The business of the Winter Assizes at Leeds was opened on Monday. A new...

Marconigrams – March 7, 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — March 7, 1914 Marconigrams The Mexboro’ Cricket Club is still in debt to the extent of about £350. Mr. John Senior, of...

Marconigrams – September 24, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 24, 1904 Marconigrams The latest picture post-card is a photograph of the elegant and commodious band stand and “Folly Hall,”...

Marconigrams – September 17, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 17, 1904 Marconigrams The gentleman who upset the Co-operative Society’s meeting on Saturday night, was not, as rumoured, the celebrated...

Marconigrams – September 10, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 10, 1904 Marconigrams The Mexboro’ Wesleyan bazaar has proved very successful, the total receipts being £73 odd. Thirty-one persons were interred...

Burglaries at Mexboro’ and Conisboro’ – Pony Driver Committed for Trial

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 17, 1904 Burglaries at Mexboro’ and Conisboro’ Pony Driver Committed for Trial Arthur Dawson, pony driver, Swinton, was charged with breaking...

Mexboro’ and District League – Final Table

24 September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times, September 24, 1904 Mexboro' and District League – Final Table Club P W L D Pts Hickleton Main 22 13 2 7 33 Hoyland Silkstone 22 13 3 6 32 Denaby and Cadeby 22 12 4 7 31 Mexboro' 22 10 7 5 25 Mitchell Main 22 8 7 7 23 Wath Athletic 22 9 8 5 23 Wombwell Main 22 9 9 4 22 Rawmarsh 22 7 8 7 21 Swinton 22 6 9 7 19 Monk Bretton 22 6 10 6 18 White Lane 22 5 12 5 15 Conisboro' 22 1 21 0 2

The Hull Coal Trade – Reduced August Tonnage

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 10, 1904 The Hull Coal Trade Reduced August Tonnage The usual monthly return shows a slight decrease. The August tonnage this...

Marconigrams – September 3, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 3, 1904 Marconigrams The County Council Education Committee have agreed to rent for three years Mr. Lee’s building in Main...

Deaths – December 29, 1893

December 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 29, 1893 Deaths Woodward.—December 24, at 108, Doncaster Rd., Denaby, Rose Hannah, wife of William Woodward, aged 50. Robinson.—December 20, at...

Marriages – December 29, 1893

December 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 29, 1893 Marriages Pickard—Dyson.—December 25, at Bolton-upon-Dearne Parish Church, by the Rev. E. Spooner, Arthur Pickard to Louisa Nicholes Dyson. Foster—Adams.—On...

Deaths – December 8, 1893

December 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 8, 1893 Deaths Bool.—December 3, at Sarah Street, Mexboro’, Samuel Bool, aged 38. Davison.—November 30, at Carr House, Swinton, Thomas West...

Marriages – January 5, 1894

January 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times — January 5, 1894 Marriages Bird—Hallam.—December 28, at the Register Office, Barnsley, Walter Burgin, of Jump, to Hannah Hallam, of Elsecar. Staniland—Palmer.—December 28,...

Deaths – December 29, 1893

December 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 29, 1893 Deaths Wyman.—Dec. 21, at 15, Clay Field, Mexborough, Hephezbah Wyman, aged 32. Lake.—Dec. 21, at 7, Regent Terrace, Mexborough,...

Marriages

December 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 29, 1893 Marriages Pickard—Dyson.—December 25, at Bolton-upon-Dearne Parish Church, by the Rev. E. Spooner, Arthur Pickard to Louisa Nicholes Dyson. Foster—Adams.—On...

Deaths

February 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times — February  1882 Deaths Brook.—On the 16th inst., at 13, Doncaster-road, Denaby, Maud Annie Brook, aged 3 months. Bamforth.—On the 13th inst., at...

Thirty-Seven Council Fixtures Will Lead in the New Season To-Morrow

26 April 1952
South Yorkshire Times — April 27, 1952 Thirty-Seven Council Fixtures Will Lead in the New Season To-Morrow Thirty-seven Yorkshire Council fixtures lead in the new cricket...

Cinema – Roxy – Rogues of Sherwood Forest

April 1952
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Weighing Twelve Tons

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times — April 12, 1952 Weighing Twelve Tons Weighing twelve tons, this massive piece of machinery being installed yesterday in the works of Messrs....

Queen Street Teacher

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1962 Queen Street Teacher (Swinton) Mrs. Stella Barber, who is retiring after 32 years, and about to take a...

All-Round Increase

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1952 All-Round Increase Two collieries in the Hoyland area - Elsecar and Wentworth - increased their output substantially last...

S.R.N. For Deaconess

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1952 S.R.N. For Deaconess Miss Gwendoline Flinton, 24-years-old deaconess at Swinton Congregational Church, has passed an examination for State...

Editorial – Then There Were Two

11 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 11 September 1943 Then There Were Two Three years and three months have sufficed to close Italy’s interest in the war....