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Hull Coal Trade- Position Well Maintained

June 1903
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 08 June 1903 The Hull Coal Trade Position Well Maintained The return of the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, showing the...

Marconigrams – Friday 20 March 1903

March 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 March 1903 Marconigrams The Mexboro’ Town football team has been revived. Lady Mary Cooke is enjoying a holiday tour in...

Marconigrams – November 10th, 1933

November 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1933 Marconigrams The next Wath Rural Deanery Choirs Festival will be held in 1935. Get ready to join our great knitting contest....

South Yorkshire League – Results up to date

27 July 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 July 1894 South Yorkshire League – Results up to date Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points Kilnhurst 11 7 1 3 17 Mitchell Main 8 7 0 1 15 Rawmarsh 8 5 1 2 12 Denaby Main 10 3 4 3 9 Wath 10 1 4 5 7 Thrybergh Park 9 2 5 2 6 Greasborough 10 2 6 2 6 Hexthorpe 10 1 7 2 4

Wombwell St. John Presentations

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Coun. B. Fellows, Chairman of Wombwell Urban Council, presents certificates and trophies at Wombwell St. John Headquarters...

Local Holiday Attractions

May 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 18 May 1894 Local Holiday Attractions Little of the holiday-making of Whitsuntide has been confined to our own neighbourhood. The...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade

May 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894 South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade Great Increase Of Local Tonnage 100,000 Tons More Sent In...

Mitchell Main 16 Denaby Main 123 for 7

May 1894
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 May 1894 South Yorkshire League Mitchell Main v. Denaby Main Played at Denaby. The home team...

South & West Yorkshire Coal Trade – Exports from Hull in 1903

January 1904
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer — Friday 08 January 1904 South and West Yorkshire Coal Trade Exports from Hull in 1903 Yorkshire colliery owners and Hull shippers...

South Yorkshire League Table

30 June 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Friday June 30th, 1893 South Yorkshire League Table Team P W L D Pts Mitchell Main 6 5 1 0 10 Wath 5 4 1 0 8 Carbrook Reform 6 3 3 0 6 Greasborough 7 2 4 1 5 Rawmarsh 4 2 2 0 4 Kilnhurst 4 1 2 1 3 Denaby Main 6 2 4 0 4 Thrybergh Park 5 1 4 0 2

Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry

June 1893
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 02 June 1893 Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry Whilst the pits are working very...

Wedding – Rance & Hawkins

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933 Wombwell Wedding - Rance & Hawkins At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday Miss Gladys Hawkins, only daughter of Mrs. and the...

Wedding – Walker & Holroid

October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933 Wedding - Walker & Holroid The wedding took place at Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Marjorie Cassie Walker,...

Low Valley Winger

6 October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933 Odds And Ends Reg. Ward, Low Valley’s clever left winger, has attracted the attention of Halifax and will probably be...

Long Service

October 1933
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933 Long Service Capt. O. F. Buxton, Assistant Commissioner decorating Corps Officer J. W. Poole of Wath, with the long service...

Mexboro’ and District League – Results up to date.

29 May 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 29 May 1903 Mexboro’ and District League. Results up to date. Club P W L D Pts Mitchell Main 5 4 0 1 9 Hoyland Silkstone 5 2 0 3 7 Tankersley 5 2 1 2 6 Mexboro’ 4 2 1 1 5 Wath Lane 4 2 1 1 5 Wombwell Main 4 2 0 2 6 Conisboro’ 5 1 2 2 4 Denaby and Cadeby 5 0 1 4 4 Hickleton Main 3 0 0 3 3 Swinton 7 1 5 1 3 Rawmarsh 3 0 2 1 1 Wath 4 0 3 1 1

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...

Cricket – First Division – Bowling Averages

28 June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895 Bowling Averages Name Club Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Lister Rawmarsh 89 36 117 32 3.21 Nicholson Mexborough 99.1 43 138 33 4.6 T. Gale Wentworth 103.1 30 167 37 4.19 Jackson Kilnhurst 30.3 5 51 10 5.1 Kilner Mitchell 31 11 47 9 5.2 J. Ards Wath 24 6 48 9 5.3 Lister Mitchell 54 19 102 19 5.7 Beckett Mexborough 98 16 196 34 5.26 W. Oates Elsecar 34 9 62 9 6.8 M. Hirst Elsecar 119 50 205 28 6.9 Robinson Mitchell 91.2 38 118 18 6.10 G. W. Platts Rawmarsh 57 15 130 20 6.10 J. Cox Wentworth 74.2 25 106 16 6.10 W. Bamforth Elsecar 155 51 225 39 6.11 Rev. Sharpe Elsecar 38 8 88 13 6.12 R. Needham Mitchell 77.3 30 134 20 6.14 G. Gale Wentworth 22.3 5 42 6 7.0 J. Needham Mitchell 36 4 92 12 7.8 Taylor Swinton 35.3 10 87 11 7.10 Wood Swinton 75.1 23 152 20 7.12 J. Ellis Wath 64 15 106 13 7.15 Blurton Kilnhurst 107 40 163 21 7.16 Whittlestone Wombwell Main 68 13 112 12 9.4 Atkey Swinton 51.3 22 91 9 10.1 Dickinson Swinton 24 13 31 3 10.1 Payling Rawmarsh 36 10 73 7 10.3 Bell Swinton 43.1 8 124 12 10.4 Jas....

Wedding – Emson & Thompson

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933 Wedding – Emson & Thompson Miss Ivy Emson, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Emson, 12, Station...

Cricket – First Division – Batting Averages

28 June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895 First Division – Batting Averages Name Club Inns Not Out Total Runs Average J. Morton Kilnhurst 7 1 154 24.6 A. Jepson Rawmarsh 4 1 93 23.1 R. Oates Elsecar 10 5 193 21.4 W. Bamforth Elsecar 11 2 181 20.1 Trueman Wombwell Main 7 1 141 20.1 Woodcock Mitchell Main 7 1 118 19.4 Kemp Swinton 5 0 74 14.8 “Middy” Bennett Mexborough 11 1 189 18.9 P. Needham Mitchell 8 2 90 18.0 J. Needham Mitchell 9 2 125 17.8 Greasley Mitchell 7 0 85 17.0 Hirst Elsecar 11 0 175 15.9 Gillidge Mexborough 5 2 47 15.2 Saxton Kilnhurst 5 1 63 15.2 Lister Rawmarsh 9 1 120 15.0 F....

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...

Mitchell Main  117  Denaby Main  47

12 May 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 May 1893 Mitchell Main  117  for 4 Denaby Main  47 Played at Mitchell Main on Saturday. The home captain...

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...

“The King And I,”

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday, December 5th, 1970 Irene Newsome (Anna) and Stephen Mann (louis) in a scene from “The King And I,” presented this...