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Marconigrams – Saturday 16 February 1924

February 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 February 1924 Marconigrams Mr. G. H. Hirst, M.P., of Darfield, who has been ill, is recuperating at Bridlington. No house...

Marconigrams – Saturday 08 February 1913

February 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 February 1913 Marconigrams Very little interest is being evinced in the forthcoming County Council elections. The annual meeting of the...

Week-End Drunks – More Drunks

February 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 February 1913 Week-End Drunks The following persons were dealt with for having been drunk and disorderly: Wm. Williams, miner,...

Wedding – Townsend & Spiby

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Miss Jean Townsend (Goldthorpe) and Mr. Jack Spiby (Bolton), who were married at Goldthorpe parish church on...

Dearne Urban Council,

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Mr. Walter J. West (of the West Group of companies), right, presents a tv set to Dearne...

Bolton Carfield Junior School,

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Mr. J. F. Jones, the retiring headmaster of Bolton Carfield Junior School, receives farewell gifts on Monday...

“Miss Corah”

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Miss Carolyn Jarvis (19), Who was chosen “Miss Corah” (Bolton on Dearne) at the Company's dance last...

Hull Coal Trade in February – Slight Decreases

March 1904
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 07 March 1904 Hull Coal Trade in FebruarySlight Decreases The usual return of the Hull Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and Shipping...

Public Recognition at Mexboro’ – Hundred Heroes Entertained – Historic Gathering

February 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 27 February 1904 Public Recognition at Mexboro’A Hundred Heroes EntertainedHistoric Gathering The movement to accord to the local soldiers, Reservists...

Editorial – The Coal Strike.

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 August 1893 The Coal Strike. So far as South Yorkshire generally is concerned the state of affairs is practically...

The Great Strike

August 1893
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 04 August 1893 The Great Strike All the pits were set down last Friday, and implied...

Wedding – Grey & Hill

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Miss Carol Grey (Goldthorpe) and Mr. Terry Hill (Bolton), who were married at Goldthorpe parish church on...

Wedding – Grey & Hill

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Miss Carol Grey (Goldthorpe) and Mr. Terry Hill (Bolton), Who were married at Goldthorpe Parish Church on...

Stealing Apples – Case Withdrawn

November 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 November 1883 Case Withdrawn Thos. Ruckledge, collier, Bolton, was summoned for having stolen a number of apples from a...

Indecently Assaulting a Bolton Female

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 January 1882 Indecently Assaulting a Bolton Female Samuel Cooke, collier, of Bolton, was summoned for indecently assaulting Mary Ann...

Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 January 1882 Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton John Henry Agas, coal dealer, of Mexboro’, was summoned for...

An Echo of the Denaby Strike

December 1903
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 07 December 1903 An Echo of the Denaby Strike At the Doncaster West Riding Court, on Saturday, Enoch Townend, collier, Swinton,...

St. Andrews Christmas Bazaar

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 19th, 1970 Happy Youngsters help to sell toys at St Andrew's Christmas Bazaar on Saturday Happy Youngsters help to sell...

Dearne Youth Club Bazaar

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 5th, 1970 Dearne Youth Club Bazaar Proceeds were in aid of charity . . . A lucky dip and the...

Coraths of Bolton

December 1933
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Andrew Malyan, Martin Plummer, Alan Wood and Ann Goodwin dress the Christmas tree for the childrens party...

The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.

May 1903
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903 The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures. The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...

Husband and Wife at Bolton-on-Dearne

June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 21 June 1895 Husband and Wife at Bolton-on-Dearne Wm. H. Cotes, colliery deputy, Bolton, was summoned for an alleged assault...

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The Hull coal return shows that during the past...

Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute

May 1893
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893 Local Collieries and the Hull Trade Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...

Dearne Trams – End Of Municipal Dream – YTC Take Over

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933 Dearne Trams End Of A Municipal Dream Yorkshire Traction Company Take Over Last Tram On Saturday Night                                The Substituted 'Bus...