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Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1890   May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
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.
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.
1907   Aug Pit Lad’s Sad Mishap at Hickleton Main
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
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   Oct Offences in Coal Mines – Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster
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   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
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
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1927   Jul Miner Killed at Barnburgh
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
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.
1929   Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929   May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1930   Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’
1931   Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
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   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1933   Jan Steel Props – Lightning Strike At Barnburgh – Order Disobeyed
1934   Jan Good News for Wombwell District – Increased Tonnage
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1938   Jan Pit Boy’s Death – Worked While Suffering from Pneumonia
1938   Mar Long Service – 55 years with One Firm
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 Death of Mother Kept From Son
1939   Mar Would Not Work With Him – He Robbed Comrade in Pit
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   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
1944   Sep Runaway Tubs – Man Dies Month After Accident
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   May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947   May Five Day Week – Early Impressions Favourable
1947   Aug Protest Over Coal Board Pit Strike
1948   Mar Miners Stay Out – Barnburgh pay dispute
1948   Nov Pit Strike Ends
1949   Jan New Open-Cast Sites 
1950   Jul They May Be Miners M.P. In The Future
1951   Feb Obituary – Mr. Charles Hanmer – Mining Film Pioneer (video)
1951   Aug Goldthorpe Hit Target
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1957   Jun Barnburgh Main Pit Blast – 20 Burned
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1959   Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1960   Mar Barnburgh Pit Fatality – Bolton Married Man is Victim
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
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 Walking on Cotton Wool – Pathologist at pit death inquest
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)