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Dragged Down Sticking Hill by Lorry – Driver Sent To Prison

December 1932
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

January 1934
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

November 1932
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

November 1932
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

January 1934
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

November 1932
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

November 1932
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

December 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

26 December 1942
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

December 1942
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

December 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

19 December 1942
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

12 December 1942
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951 Tailpiece The best wayside pulpiteering yet: “This is a ch. .ch. What is missing?

Holiday Hangover

December 1951
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”

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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)...