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Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 26 June 1883
Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough
The annual demonstration in connection with the Denaby Main Lodge of the Miners’ Association...
Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough Scenes at Swinton
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 16 March 1894
Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough
Scenes at Mexborough, Swinton, Denaby, and Conisborough
A public meeting to advocate the...
Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 March 1894
Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit
A New Chapel for Denaby
The quarterly meeting connected with the Mexborough Primitive Methodist...
Railway Traffic from Yorkshire Collieries to Hull
Railway News – Saturday 14 April 1883
The Railway Traffic from the Yorkshire Collieries to Hull
The quarterly return relating to the tonnage of coal transported...
Drunkenness Cases
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883
Drunkenness Cases
James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....
Gas Board Chairman
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933
Gas Board Chairman
At the annual meeting of the Gas Board on Monday Councillor F. J. Wilkinson was appointed chairman...
Retirement – George Wilde
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933
Retirement - George Wilde
Mr. George Wilde, 78, Charles Street, yesterday retired after 44 years' railway service with the old...
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
Sheffield Independent – Thursday 20 April 1893
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
In consequence of the Hull dispute and the disorganised state of affairs at...
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough – Glass Trade Dispute
Leeds Mercury – Monday 17 April 1893
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough
The Glass Trade Dispute
A demonstration took place on Saturday under the auspices of the Mexborough...
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 17 April 1893
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
The second annual demonstration in connection with the Mexborough and District...
Flooding
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883
Flooding
The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...
Almanack for 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880
Almanack for 1881
Mexboro’ Local Board
Members | Order of RetiringStenton, H.Dickinson, P.Peace, W.Beevers, W. | April 15th,...
1880 – Principal Chronological Events
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880
Principal Chronological Events
1879
Oct. 20.—Strike at the Mexboro’ and Swinton Glass Works.
Nov. 19.—Mass meeting of miners at...
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
July 1.—Suspicious death of a Mexboro’ man at the Wadsley Asylum.
July 3.—Suicide of...
Chronology for 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879
We give below the principal local events which have taken place during the past...
The South Yorkshire Miners’ Association
Sheffield Independent – Saturday 09 June 1877
The South Yorkshire Miners’ Association
The third of a series of open-air demonstrations which are being held by the...
Swinton 184 Collegiate 37 for 1 – Denton’s Day Out – Branson Stops...
South Yorkshire Times, May 19th 1933
Denton's Day Out
But Branson Stops Century Bid
Raymond Denton (picture) had a field day against Collegiate at Swinton on...
Hickleton 90 Swinton 92 for 6 – Hickleton Batsmen Baffled – Hart’s Brilliant...
South Yorkshire Times, May 26th 1933
Yorkshire Council
Hickleton Batsmen Baffled
Hart’s Brilliant Feat
Splendid bowling by Tom Hart (picture) had the Hickleton batsmen baffled at Thurnscoe,...
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...
Swinton 168 Rockingham 129 – Ivill Fails To Save Rockingham
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
Ivill Fails To Save Rockingham
Swinton's second win of season was mainly contributed to by effective bowling and a sound...
Swinton 143 for 3 Brampton 122 for 4 – Evening League –...
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
Evening League
More Thrills At Swinton
Yet again we had a fighting finish at Swinton, when Brampton were the visitors...
South Yorkshire Sketches
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
South Yorkshire Sketches
No. 3: The Norman Arch Outside Swinton Church
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Weekly Telegraph – Saturday 11 October 1884
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
During the month of September the total quantity of coal sent to...