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Canal Rescue at Mexborough

April 1944
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

April 1944
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

April 1944
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

April 1944
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

April 1944
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

April 1944
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

February 1933
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

February 1944
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

February 1944
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

17 June 1944
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

17 June 1944
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

March 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

December 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

January 1893
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

January 1893
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.

December 1922
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

December 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

January 1953
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

July 1970
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

July 1970
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

December 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

October 1912
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

October 1912
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.

October 1912
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

October 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...