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1890   May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891   Mar The Coming Census.
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892   Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892   Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1893   Jan The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892
1893   Jan District Trade in 1892
1893   Aug Scenes at Denaby Main Colliery – Arrival of Military and Magistrates – Alarming Rumours.
1894   Jan A Disastrous Year.
1897   Apr Co-Operation at Bolton.
1899   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1902   May Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1902   Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1906 Jun 10 South Yorkshire Industrial Review – N Corah (Advert)
1907   Jun Bolton-on-Dearne Urban
1907   Aug Farmer in Railway Accident
1907   Aug Pit Lad’s Sad Mishap at Hickleton Main
1908   Mar Burial Ground – Lively Incidents At Official Inquiry – Sensational Statements
1908   Apr Bolton-On-Dearne Urban – Election of Chairman
1909   Apr The Elections at Bolton.
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1910   Jul A Growing District
1911   May Health of Bolton – Doctor Burman’s Annual Report – Need for Health Visitor – Babies Who Sup Beer – Goldthorpe’s Morals
1911   Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912   Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912   Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1912   Oct Cruelty to a Pit Pony.
1917   Feb Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1917   Mar Allotment Gardeners
1917   Jul Local Tribunal “On Strike”
1917   Oct Offences in Coal Mines – Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster
1918   Oct Dearne Rescue Sequel.
1918   Nov Stormy Council Meeting.
1919   Feb Bolton’s 300 Houses.
1919   Feb Advertisement – Weak, Wasted Children
1919   Mar County Elections. – Public Apathy. – Local Labour Successes.
1919   Mar Practical Bolton. Housing Scheme Speeding-Up
1919   Apr Bolton’s 247 Houses.
1919   Apr New Chairman – Bolton-on-Dearne Urban Council.
1919   May Weak, Wasted Children – Indigestion. (advert)
1919   May Bolton and Extension.
1919   Jun Bolton on Dearne Local Food Control Committee
1919   Jul Wath Main Accident – Death from Injuries.
1919   Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919   Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919   Jul Goldthorpe Houses
1919   Jul The Rush For Houses
1919   Jul Soldiers Raid Socialist Meeting.
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919   Sep A Bolton Sanitary Scheme.
1919   Oct Bolton’s National Kitchen.
1919   Oct Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils
1919   Nov Dearne Valley Progress – Extensive Municipal Trading Projected.
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1919   Dec Bolton Council and a Sir Tudor Waiters Suggestion. – Houses Fit For Heroes
1919   Dec Brickworks for Bolton – Lead Given the Country In Public Ownership.
1920   Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921   Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921   Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921   Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921   May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921   May Strike in Seventh Week
1921   Oct Bolton Council – Buy Municipal Bliss with Municipal Beer.
1921   Nov “Father” of Bolton U.C. Victim of Typhoid.         
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1926   Apr The New Chairmen – South Yorkshire Civic Leaders
1927   Feb Handling Dustbins – Sanitary Inspector’s Smart Idea
1927   Feb Councillor Challenged to a Fight – Uproar arises on vote of Censure
1927   Mar Dearne Council Elections – South Ward
1927   Apr Bolton Urban District Council
1927   Apr Bolton Council – Local Elections – Chairman & Vice Chairman Beaten
1927   Apr Bolton Urban Council – Smallpox Danger
1927   Apr Bolton Urban Council – An Interesting Innovation – A New Committee
1927   Apr Lecture on Milk
1927   May Bolton Urban Council – Trade Unions Bill – District Clear of Smallpox
1927   May Smallpox and New Housing
1927   Jul Miner Killed at Barnburgh
1927   Jul The Development of the Dearne District
1927   Nov Bolton-on-Dearne Objection to Armistice Day Service
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Jan Road Impassable at Bolton-On-Dearne – “No Man’s Land.”
1928   Jan Rating Appeal – Collingwood Hotel
1928   Mar County Councillor for Aldermanic Bench
1928   Apr Bolton on Dearne Election – Three Changes
1928   Apr First Woman Councillor
1928   Apr New Chairman – Probably Youngest Councillor
1928   May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
1928   May West Riding County Councillor
1928   Aug Bolton Aspirations – District Big Enough for Midland or Central League Football.
1928   Oct 1,000 Empty Houses – Coal Developments Which Failed to Materialise.
1928   Nov Reform Bill A Packet Of Mystery – “This Sausage.”
1928   Dec 50 Years Railway Service
1928   Dec Bolton Railway Ganger’s Retirement
1929   Jan Trackless Bill – Tramway Company’s Bold Scheme – Protection From Competition.
1929   Jan Trams to be abolished – Trackless Cars For Use – Company’s New Bill.
1929   Feb No Slums or Squalor – Ideal Colliery District.
1929   Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929   Mar Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations
1929   Mar Local Election Results
1929   Mar The New Councillors – Men & Women Who Won First Victories
1929   May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1929   May 1929 General Election, May 30, 1929
1930   Aug County Areas Conference.
1930   Sep “Bolscoe”
1930   Sep Bolton U.D.C. – Proposal to Amalgamate With Thurnscoe, Barnburgh and Hickleton.
1930   Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’
1931   May New Reservoir to Serve Bolton
1931   Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Apr Councillor – Archibold Fouchard
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932   May Bolton U.D.C. – Official’s Notable Achievement – Means Test Protest
1932   Sep Coal Tar – Infant Industry with Great Future
1932   Oct Problems of Poverty – Boots for Bairns – Convened Conference
1932   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1933   Jan Steel Props – Lightning Strike At Barnburgh – Order Disobeyed
1933   Apr The Local Elections – Full Results
1934   Jan Good News for Wombwell District – Increased Tonnage
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1934   Feb Swinton U.D.C. – Scarlet Fever Epidemic – Amalgamation Doom
1937   Mar Bolton U.D.C. – Tribute To Retiring Clerk – Memorable Last Meeting
1937   Mar County Council Elections – Labour Challenge Not Successful – Party Balance Unchanged
1937   Mar Dearne Urban District – South Yorkshire’s Newest Council – Election Results
1937   Apr Dearne District Chiefs at Bolton
1937   May Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
1937   Jun Ready to Move In
1938   Jan Pit Boy’s Death – Worked While Suffering from Pneumonia
1938   Jan Official Retires
1938   Mar Long Service – 55 years with One Firm
1938   Apr Independent Councillor – Mr H Simpson
1938   May Barnborough Closed – Hickleton Starts Short-time
1938   Aug Traders Hit – Dearne District Pit Stoppages
1938   Oct Barnboro’ Main Pit Re-Opening
1939   Jan Curios Found in Gas Meters
1939   Jan Death of Mother Kept From Son
1939   Feb A.R.P. Makes  Her Queen 
1939   Mar Accountant To Retire – Over Thirty Years’ Loyal Service
1939   Mar Would Not Work With Him – He Robbed Comrade in Pit
1939   Apr New Councillors – New Dearne Councillors
1939   Aug Accident – Inquest Told “Inches from Safety”
1939   Aug Relinquishing Public Appointments
1941   Mar Dearne Rate – Thurnscoe Deficit Reduced
1941   Mar Clean Health Bill – Darfield Clear of Infectious Disease – Fiction over Fire Grates
1941   Sep Manvers Main Accident – One Dead: One in Hospital
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942   May Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton
1942   Jun Causes of Barnburgh Disaster “Without Precedent in This Country”
1942   Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1943   Feb Fatal Accident at Hickleton Main
1944   Apr Chaos in the Coalfield
1944   Apr Chaos in the Coalfield
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1947   Jan NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts
1947   Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years
1947   Feb Two New Factories for Dearne
1947   May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947   May Five Day Week – Early Impressions Favourable
1947 May 10 Splendid Service During Blizzard – Newsagents Never Failed
1947   Aug Protest Over Coal Board Pit Strike
1948   Mar Beauty and Utility – Industry Compromises with History
1948   Mar Miners Stay Out – Barnburgh pay dispute
1948   Mar Dearne Surveyor Honoured
1948   Apr Dearne Councillors
1948   Jun “Worms in Water – Specimens Shown – “No Bacterial Effect”
1948   Nov “Short Back and Sides, Sir?”
1948   Nov Pit Strike Ends
1948   Nov Signalman Died In Box
1949   Jan New Open-Cast Sites 
1949   May Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates
1949   Jul 350-House Estate For Thurnscoe
1950   Jul They May Be Miners M.P. In The Future
1951   Feb Obituary – Mr. Charles Hanmer – Mining Film Pioneer (video)
1951   Apr Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends
1951   Aug Goldthorpe Hit Target
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Aug Dearne Councillor Spends Fortnight in Berlin – 1939 Feeling In 1951
1951   Oct Election: Who’s Who
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Nov Council Records Nearly 200 Years Old
1951   Nov Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged
1951   Nov Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged
1951   Nov Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
1951   Nov Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
1951   Nov No Change but Majorities Down
1951   Nov No Change but Majorities Down
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1951   Dec Dearne Urban Council By-election – East Ward
1951   Dec Dearne Urban Council By-election – South Ward
1951   Dec Dearne Urban Council By-election – West Ward
1951   Dec The Wayward Dearne
1953   Apr Council Have Clean Book
1957   Apr East Midland Gas Board Annual Dinner
1957   Jun Barnburgh Main Pit Blast – 20 Burned
1957   Jun Carrfield County Primary School Opened
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957   Aug Another Victim of Barnburgh Pit Disaster – Death Toll Now Six
1957   Oct C and J Probert’s Christmas Display
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1958   Feb Dearne U.D.C. Chairman’s Dinner and Ball
1958   Sep Dearne Housing Estate Shield
1958   Nov Probert’s Christmas Show
1959   Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959   Feb Three Cranes Hotel Annual Dinner-Dance
1959   Oct Dearne Council Offices
1960   Jan Central Ward of Dearne Labour Party Supper and Social
1960   Mar Refugees’ Appeal at Bolton Church Hall by Smiths of Melton
1960   Mar Barnburgh Pit Fatality – Bolton Married Man is Victim
1960   Mar Dearne Civic Dinner
1960   Apr Probert’s Mannequin Parade
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1967   Jan 1967 Budget for New Developments In Dearne
1968   Jan Miss Mollissa at Bolton C.W.S.
1968   Jan South Yorkshire Firms 1968 – N. Corah Ltd.
1968   Jan South Yorkshire Firms 1968 – William Sugden Ltd
1968   Jul Bolton Shopping – Sheila’s Florist
1968   Sep Dearne Council House Garden’s Competition Prizewinner
1968   Dec Corah’s Annual Dance
1968   Dec Corah’s Annual Dance
1969   Jan “Miss Corah” Wishes a Happy New Year
1969   Jan Death of Mr. Percy Phillipson
1969   Jan South Yorkshire Industrial Review – Showing Enterprise and Confidence.
1969   Jan Takes Title at her First Attempt
1969   Mar Dearne UDC Chairman’s Dinner Ball
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1969   Dec Bolton C.W.S. Social Club Dinner
1970   Jan Commerce the Key for South Yorkshire
1970   Jan Merryweather & Corbett – Auctioneers, Valuers, Land & Estate Agents, Rating Surveyors
1970   Jan N. Corah Ltd (Advert)
1970   Feb Merryweather & Corbett – Properties for Sale
1970   Feb Dearne Guests at Conisbro’
1970   Mar Merryweather & Corbett (advert)
1970   Apr Frontless Home Has ‘Em Looking Twice
1970   Apr In The Coal Queen Quest
1970   Apr Dearne Community & Miners’ Welfare Theatrical Section
1970   May Merryweather & Corbett – May 30th 1970
1970   May N.U.M. Official Is Killed
1970   May Walking on Cotton Wool – Pathologist at pit death inquest
1970   May C.W.S Factory On Strike
1970   May Discussion Group outside Corah’s Works
1970   May Girls Out On Strike
1970   May Pay Grouse Brings Pickets Out In Force
1970   May Strikers from the C.W.S. Factory
1970   May Ministry Orders Smoke Ban On 500 Dearne Homes from Next Year
1970   May Royal Garden Party Guests
1970   Jun Dunstan, Goff & Co. (advert)
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)
1970   Jun Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire
1970   Jun Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire – The Voters