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All-Round Increase

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1952 All-Round Increase Two collieries in the Hoyland area - Elsecar and Wentworth - increased their output substantially last...

Nipsy Boom Time Ahead – Matches Start This Week-End

April 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1952 Matches Start This Week-End Nipsy Boom Time Ahead There is every sign of a boom in nipsy. At a...

Editorial – Then There Were Two

11 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 11 September 1943 Then There Were Two Three years and three months have sufficed to close Italy’s interest in the war....

Editorial – The Real Enemy

25 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 25 September 1943 The Real Enemy Mr. Churchill’s massive and inspiring review of the progress of the war admirably fitted the...

Marconigrams – Saturday 18 September 1943

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 Marconigrams Gift Day at Wombwell Parish Church had, up to yesterday, realised £151 18s. 10d. The L.N.E.R. announce that...

Editorial – The Battle of Italy

18 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 The Battle of Italy Italy’s surrender, a very considerable achievement for the United Nations, is not fundamentally minimised...

Veteran Colliers Show the Way

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 Veteran Colliers Show the Way Thirteen “old hands” at Dearne Valley Colliery, Little Houghton, with an average age...

Soldier – Dyson, Samuel – Lonely Outpost

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 4 September 1943 Lonely Outpost “Far from the madding crowd” in the military sense, is Pte. Samuel Dyson (26), a former...

Marconigrams – Friday 24 August 1934

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times  – Friday 24 August 1934 Marconigrams Lady Halifax’s brother, the Earl of Onslow, who has been chairman in the House of Lords since...

Wombwell’s Popular Pastor

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3 August 1934

Wombwell Grange Garden Party

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3 August 1934  

Wedding – Whittaker & Ince

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times – Friday 3 August 1934 Ince-Whittaker At Barnsley on Saturday Mr. Thomas Ince, son of Mrs. Ince and the late Mr. Edward Ince,...

The New Champions

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 17 August 1934

Badge of Service

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 17 August 1934

Wombwell “Sing”

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 17 August 1934

Off to Training Camp

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 17 August 1934  

Wedding – Buckley & Newman

August 1934
South Yorkshire Times  – Friday 17 August 1934 Salvationists Wedded Mr. Sylvia Buckley, of Darfield, and Mr. Herbert Newman, of Wombwell, both prominent members of the...

Marconigrams – Saturday 20 December 1924

December 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 20 December 1924 Marconigrams A white sparrow has been seen near Wombwell Main. The new Rural Dean of Pontefract, the Rev....

Marconigrams – Saturday 27 December 1924

December 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 27 December 1924 Marconigrams A bright and happy Christmas to all our readers. A grant of £160 from the Miners’ Welfare...

Mexborough & District Cricket League – Averages

4 October 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times,  Saturday, 4 October 1924 Mexborough & District Cricket League Batting Averages Qualification: 12 innings. Asterisk denotes not out. Player Club Inns. Not Out Highest Total Average S. Bennett Hickleton 19 5 109* 635 45.42 A. Woolley Elsecar 14 4 59 442 44.20 C. Kilner Mexboro' 19 4 101* 565 37.73 W. Chapman Elsecar 19 3 114 549 34.31 H....

Mexborough & District Cricket League – Final Table – Season 1924

4 October 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday, 4 October 1924 Mexborough and District Cricket League Final Table — Season 1924 Club P W L D Pts Mexborough 22 12 2 8 32 Elsecar 22 11 4 7 29 Rawmarsh 22 10 3 9 29 Barnsley 22 10 6 6 26 Swinton 22 8 5 9 25 Kilnhurst 22 7 5 10 24 Hickleton 22 6 6 10 22 Darfield 22 4 7 11 19 Mitchell Main 22 5 8 9 19 Yorkshire Main 22 5 11 6 16 Wombwell Main 22 5 13 4 14 Kimberworth 22 2 15 5 9

Midland League – 27 December 1924

27 December 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 27 December 1924 Midland League Club P W L D  For  Agnst Pts Mansfield Town 12 9 1 2 43 8 20 Lincoln City Res. 13 8 2 3 30 18 19 Boston Town 13 8 3 2 26 20 18 Chesterfield 13 8 4 1 29 21 17 Worksop Town 11 7 1 3 24 20 17 Wath Athletic 11 6 4 1 22 18 13 York City 13 5 3 5 24 21 15 Gainsboro' Trinity 16 5 8 3 29 30 13 Sheffield Town 12 5 6 1 14 11 11 Denaby United 11 5 5 1 22 20 11 Wombwell 16 4 8 4 21 32 12 Scunthorpe Utd. 13 5 6 2 29 24 12 Rotherham Town 13 5 8 0 24 26 10 Sutton Town 16 4 10 2 22 37 10 Frickley Colliery 16 4 10 2 22 43 10

Marconigrams – Saturday 06 December 1924

December 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 6 December 1924 Marconigrams The December wages of miners in this area are 1s. to 1s. 3d. a shift in...

Marconigrams – Saturday 13 December 1924

December 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 13 December 1924 Marconigrams This week we give you a 24-page issue, which is not only a “Times” record, but...

Marconigrams – Saturday 13 August 1904

August 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 13 August 1904 Marconigrams. The eleventh athletic evening sports in connection with the Wath Club will be held at the...