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Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation

September 1920
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 24 September 1920 The Triple Alliance No Appetite for a General Strike. Moderating Influences. The Triple Alliance failed to come...

Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday

November 1920
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 November 1920 Coal Strike Ended Work Resumed Yesterday The Ballot Adverse Vote Fails to Confirm Strike The Governments terms for a settlement...

Armistice Day – The Unknown Warrior – The Great Silence (videos)

November 1920
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 November 1920 Armistice Day The Empire  Mourns Impressive Scenes at Funeral of Unknown Warrior The Great Silence Observances In The District For two...

 The Glass Trade

December 1920
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 31 December 1920  The Glass Trade While this rather unpromising state of affairs prevails in the local steel industry the report...

Obituaries in 1920

January 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 January 1921 The Year's Obituary. February. 17—Mr. Michael Washington, for 50 years a Wombwell schoolmaster, Aged 88. 29—Mr. Caleb Kilner,...

Hull Coal Trade.

January 1921
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 10 January 1921 Hull Coal Trade. How acutely the Humber port has been hit. in relation to the coal trade is...

Leading Local Events in 1920

January 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 January 1921 Leading Local Events in 1920 January 1 --Unveiling of Kilnhurst War Memorial 8 --Manvers Main War Belief Fund...

Some Memories of The Old Prize-Ring.

January 1921
Yorkshire Evening Post - Friday 28 January 1921 Some Memories of The Old Prize-Ring. The death at. Swinton, near of Alfred Liversidge famous old athlete, at...

Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”

April 1921
Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express - Saturday 09 April 1921 Mr. Frank Hodges - A Grave Note. Federation Secretary's Sombre Outlook. Appeal to the Yorkshire Men....

The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.

April 1921
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 12 April 1921 The Triple Alliance. Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage. Unless an offer is made to the miners which...