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Dragged Down Sticking Hill by Lorry – Driver Sent To Prison
South Yorkshire Times, December 23, 1932
Dragged Down Sticking Hill by Lorry
Driver Sent To Prison
An accident in Sticking Hill, Adwick-on- Dearne, on November...
Good News for Wombwell District – Increased Tonnage
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th, 1934
Good News for Wombwell District
Increased Tonnage for Mitchell Main Collieries
Separate Quota for Silkstone Seam
Re-Employment of Many Miners
A Splendid New...
The Season of Remembrance
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 18 November 1932
The Season of Remembrance
Bolton
Armistice Day was observed at the Parish Church with solemn Requiem Mass in memory...
Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 18 November 1932
Light on The Coal Quota
Mr. A. T. Thomson Explains
A Trade Barometer
Collapse of the Export Trade
Quota Hateful But...
Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th, 1934
Work-Sharing
Spreading In Local Collieries
Colliery owners and miners in this district favour the sharing out of work. Schemes inaugurated within...
Bolton Miner Fined
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1932
Bolton Miner Fined
Reginald Fuller, miner, of Bolton-on-Dearne, appeared at Doncaster on Saturday, in answer to tire...
“Family Grievance” At Bolton
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1932
"Family Grievance" At Bolton
Another assault came from Bolton-on-Dearne Winfred Dribble, 26, Elm Terrace, summoning Albert E....
Marconigrams – December 26th, 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
Marconigrams
Business at Rotherham West Riding Courts on Monday will be as usual.
Road transport staffs are among...
Editorial – The Mark of the Beast
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
The Mark of the Beast
Winter relief funds and the sedatives provided by Doctor Goebbels and his hard-worked...
Reminiscences of Old Bolton
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
Reminiscences of Old Bolton
Glimpses of Bolton in former days revealed the reminiscences of a member of an...
Marconigrams – December 19th, 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 19 December 1942
Marconigrams
The banks will close to the public on New Year's Day in addition to Christmas Day and...
Editorial – Closing In
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 19 December 1942
Closing In
The sudden melting away of what is left of the Afrika Korps from the reputedly formidable...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 12 December 1942
Japan's Turn
Mr. Churchill's message this week to British Far Eastern territories occupied by the Japanese left...
Flowers for Son’s Grave – French Gift to Bolton Mother
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Flowers for Son's Grave
French Gift to Bolton Mother
Mrs. Harriet Law, 19, Church Street, Bolton, who has returned from a...
From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
"If 1951 has been a good year for the miners,...
Tailpiece – December 29th 1951 – Missing
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Tailpiece
The best wayside pulpiteering yet:
“This is a ch. .ch. What is missing?
Holiday Hangover
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Holiday Hangover
Last week's output from the 13 pits in No 3 Area of the North Eastern Divisional Coal Board...
“Dick Whittington”
South Yorkshire Times, December 1st, 1951
"Dick Whittington"
Advance bookings for Bolton-on-Dearne Theatrical Society's forthcoming pantomime, "Dick Whittington", to be produced by Alfred H. Barnes at...
Looking Back On 1951 A Diary of District Affairs
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Looking Back On 1951
A Diary of District Affairs
Short-Term History
Festival of Britain and General Election year has featured several major...
Former Swinton Curate – New Vicar of Bolton
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Former Swinton Curate
New Vicar of Bolton
The vicar of Bolton-on-Dearne is to be the Rev. Frank Smedley, since 1918...
Tailpiece – December 22nd 1951 – Middle Name
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Tailpiece – Middle Name
He could neither read nor write, but when a distant relation left him a small...
Tailpiece – December 22nd 1951 – Middle Name
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Tailpiece – Middle Name
He could neither read nor write, but when a distant relation left him a small...
Marconigrams – December 22nd, 1951
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Marconigrams
Mr. John Edward Marsh, Ivanhoe 1 Road, Conisbrough, left £1,024.
Mexborough Urban Council's public monthly meeting on Wednesday was...
Dearne Urban Council By-election – West Ward
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951
West Ward
Mr William Fawcett ( Lab.)
Highgate Colliery miner. Was N. U.M. delegate for eight years until June this year....
Dearne Urban Council By-election – East Ward
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951
Dearne Urban Council By-election
Who’s Who in Tomorrow’s Contest in Four Wards
20 candidates will go to the poll tomorrow (Saturday)...