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Canal Rescue at Mexborough
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944
Canal Rescue at Mexborough
Details of an exciting rescue of a boy from the canal at Mexborough last Thursday evening...
Chaos in the Coalfield
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, April 1st, 1944
Chaos in the Coalfield
Far from there being any improvement in the coal situation in South Yorkshire the position...
Chaos in the Coalfield
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, April 1st, 1944
Chaos in the Coalfield
Far from there being any improvement in the coal situation in South Yorkshire the position...
Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Marshall
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944
Golden Wedding
A well-known Mexborough couple, Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall, of 73, Adwick Road, celebrated their Golden Wedding on...
Expert Saxophonist
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944
Expert Saxophonist
A former pupil of Mexborough Secondary School, Walter Stott, who, although only 20 years of age, has already...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
Dennis Dalton (17), 29 Hartley Street, Mexborough, injured wrist; Jack Green (14), 23, Manor...
Bolton Track Rider Fined
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 03 February 1933
Bolton Track Rider Fined
The well-known dirt track rider, George Wigfield, of Bolton on Dearne, was at Doncaster...
Hickleton Girl Commended
South Yorkshire Times, February 19th, 1944
Hickleton Girl Commended
An unexpected adventure on a Lakeland holiday when she joined in a search for a crashed R.A.F....
King & Queen Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields – Pithead Canteen Lunch
South Yorkshire Times, February 12th, 1944
King and Queen
Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields
Pithead Canteen Lunch at Elsecar
Queen’s Interest in Hickleton Production Feats
In the course of a...
Editorial – Getting to Grips
South Yorkshire Times June 17, 1944
Getting to Grips
These last ten days have been the most heartening since Britain took up arms against the all-pervading...
Editorial – Well Begun
South Yorkshire Times June 10, 1944
Well Begun
At long last conjecture has given place to reality. The contact between Germany and the Allies broken off...
Montagu Hospital – Review Of 1933
South Yorkshire Times, March 2nd, 1934
Montagu Hospital
Review Of 1933
Busy And Expensive Year
Annual Meeting Reflections
The annual meeting of governors and subscribers of the Montagu Hospital...
Marconigrams – December 14th, 1912
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 14, 1912
Marconigrams
This week’s issue consists of 20 pages, 160 columns, – a record pennyworth in weekly journalism.
Miss Montagu has...
District Trade in 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893
District Trade in 1892
Although never having been particularly bright trade in Mexborough district during the past...
Drunk in a Trap
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 January 1893
Drunk in a Trap
William Peak Moore, butcher, Bolton-on-Dearne, was charged with having been drunk with a...
Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 December 1922
Don and Dearne Valley.
Year Ending Better Than it Began.
Trade in the Don and Dearne valleys during...
Marconigrams – December 12th, 1902
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 12, 1902
Marconigrams
A new organ is being erected in Swinton parish church.
This is the 24th week of the Denaby and...
Marconigrams – January 5th, 1952
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th 1952
Marconigrams
British miners dug one million more tons of coal last year than the official maximum estimate
Dr. G. H. Johnston,...
Dearneside Secondary School Prizewinners
South Yorkshire Times, July 4th 1970
Prizewinners at Dearneside Secondary School on Wednesday. They are (left to right): Philip Crossland, Michael Cole, Diane Loraine, Brenda...
Chess at Dearne Youth Club
South Yorkshire Times, July 4th 1970
Brian Eley making his moves against David Rothwell and Martin Bailey during his chess matches against opponents at Dearne...
Marconigrams – December 7th, 1912
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 7, 1912
Marconigrams
The resignation is impending of an official of the Mexborough Urban District Council.
The will of the late Mr...
Cowardly Attack on a Constable – Prison for Assailant
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1912
Cowardly Attack on a Constable
Scene at Bolton-on-Dearne
Prison for Assailant
The story of a cowardly attack on a police constable...
Court Briefs
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1912
Court Briefs
Mary Gallagher, a married woman, of Mexborough was ordered to pay £1 inclusive for assaulting Francis Blackburn...
Cruelty to a Pit Pony.
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1912
Cruelty to a Pit Pony.
A charge of cruelty to a horse belonging to the Hickleton Main Colliery...
Marconigrams – October 26th, 1912
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1912
Marconigrams
A new village hall is being erected at Barnburgh.
The nations of Europe have 20 million men trained as...