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Marconigrams – Saturday 15 March 1952

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 March 1952 Marconigrams ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A rate of 24s. in the £—and an increase of 3s.—has been declared at Darfield. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Armour plate castings...

Barnburgh Heat Complaint

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 March 1952 Barnburgh Heat Complaint Three Faces on Strike A dispute which affected three faces in the Barnsley and Parkgate Seams...

Dispute Cut No. 3 Output

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 8 March 1952 Dispute Cut No. 3 Output The five-day dispute at Kilnhurst Colliery affected output in No. 3 Area of...

Strike Hit No. 3 Output

March 1952
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 1 March 1952 Strike Hit No. 3 Output A two-day dispute in the Silkstone Seam at Manvers Main Colliery affected Area...

Marconigrams – Saturday 08 May 1943

May 1943
outh Yorkshire Times – Saturday 08 May 1943 Marconigrams ──────────────────────────────────────── A Thurnscoe woman was sent to prison for a month at Doncaster on Tuesday for assaulting Mrs....

Editorial – The Merry Month

29 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 29 May 1943 The Merry Month The merry month becomes more and more of a mockery for the Axis as the...

Editorial – Taken at the Flood (video)

22 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 22 May 1943 Taken at the Flood Mr. Churchill's Congress speech on Wednesday, while subject to the obvious limitations of the...

Marconigrams – Saturday 15 May 1943

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 May 1943 Marconigrams Displays in connection with third birthday celebrations of the Home Guard are being given at many Yorkshire...

Editorial – Now For It

15 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 15 May 1943 Now For It Whatever hopes the Germans had of making a Sebastopol of Bizerta or a Bataan of...

Yorkshire Council Cricket – Saturday 29 May 1943

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 May 1943 Yorkshire Council Swinton Favourably Placed After dismissing Thorncliffe cheaply at Thorncliffe on Saturday, Swinton had made a satisfactory beginning...

Marconigrams – Saturday 29 May 1943

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 29 May 1943 Marconigrams “Spare Wheel Thieves,” runs a headline. Why should we?—“Punch.” ──────────────────────────────────────── It is claimed by a Bedfordshire choirmaster that he...

Marconigrams – Saturday 15 May 1943

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 May 1943 Marconigrams Latest investments have brought the final figure for Swinton Wings for Victory Week to £67,195. ──────────────────────────────────────── The President of...

Editorial – Shadows Of Strife

8 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 May 1943 Shadows Of Strife To those of us who have often looked askance at the sheer blatancy of German...

Marconigrams – Saturday 01 May 1943

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 01 May 1943 Marconigrams ________________________________________________________________________ Wombwell Butchers are to present a cheque for £307 to the Red Cross at a dance they...

Editorial – Frightfulness

1 May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 May 1943 Frightfulness Primitive morality has long been a special attribute of the Axis powers, war reeks with examples of...

Wedding – Myers & Larvan

May 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 May 1943 Myers–Larvan Miss Joyce Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Myers, of 41, Gower Street, Wombwell, was married...

Events of 1933

December 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 December 1933 Events of 1933 January 18—County Council fixed new scale of public assistance which caused widespread protests, several guardians'...

Marconigrams – Friday 15 December 1933

December 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 December 1933 Marconigrams Tuesday was the 67th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster. A Boots for Bairns appeal was read...

Marconigrams – Saturday 31 May 1924

May 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 May 1924 Marconigrams A "Mayor's Parlour" has been provided at Wombwell Town Hall. The "Hospital Sunday" season opens next Sunday...

How the Local Midland League Clubs Fared

11 May 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 10 May 1924 An Interesting Season How the Local Midland League Clubs Fared Mexborough's Primacy In the season just ended the four...

Midland League – Final Table

11 May 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 May 1924 Midland League – Final Table Club P W L D F A Pts Mansfield Town 42 31 5 6 98 31 68 Grimsby Town Res. 42 25 11 6 99 46 56 Worksop Town 42 25 13 4 93 54 54 Mexborough 42 22 13 7 78 65 51 Notts County Res. 42 22 13 7 83 51 50 Denaby Utd. 42 18 15 9 52 51 45 Scunthorpe Utd. 42 20 14 8 55 50 48 Hull City Res. 42 19 15 8 70 48 46 Notts Forest Res. 42 18 15 9 52 51 45 Sutton Town 42 20 19 3 66 73 43 Chesterfield...

Marconigrams – Saturday 10 May 1924

May 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 10 May 1924 Marconigrams The glass trade at Conisbrough is reported to be improving. Miners are due to receive this week...

Marconigrams – Saturday 22 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 March 1913 Marconigrams This year, spring begins on Good Friday. A new picture palace is to be opened at Wath...

Marconigrams – Saturday 15 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 March 1913 Marconigrams The question of Urban Powers for Conisboro’ and Denaby is being revived. The next issue of the...

The Poaching Affray near Rotherham

January 1870
Barnsley Independent — Saturday 1 January 1870 The Poaching Affray near Rotherham Henry Hague, collier, of Wombwell, appeared on charges of night poaching and assaulting James...