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South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull

June 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 11 June 1884 The South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull The returns for the past month...

Wedding – Jenkinson & Skidmore

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 22nd, 1933 Wedding: Skidmore & Jenkinson Miss Mary Jenkinson, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jenkinson, 1, Melton Avenue, Brampton, was...

Old Friends – A Jump Joke of the “Sixties” – The Survivors

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Old Friends A Jump Joke of the “Sixties” The Survivors Here is a picture that recalls a romantic incident of nearly 70...

Wedding – Thompson & Ashton

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 22nd, 1933 Wedding: Ashton & Thompson At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday, Miss Ivy Thompson, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A....

South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade.

May 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 14 May 1884 South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade. The Hull coal return for the...

Methodist Church Christian Endeavour

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 Miss E. Hutchinson presided at a meeting of the Methodist Church Christian Endeavour on Wednesday when an address was...

Winners of Elliott Cup

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933 Winners of Elliott Cup The Hickleton Main Colliery team which, on Saturday, won the Elliott Cup at Wombwell in a...

Bramwell Allington

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933 Bramwell Allington Bramwell Allington, a Wombwell youth, has had the honour of being "featured" in the national papers. A critic has...

Local Coal and Iron Trade.

December 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 December 1879 Local Coal and Iron Trade. Six inches of snow and a continuance of keen frost have had...

South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884

April 1984
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884 South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull. The amount of trade done with Hull during the...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

Mitchell Main 140 for 2 Rockingham 221 for 6 dec ...

7 July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 7th 1933 Kilner And Burkinshaw Breezy Batting At Mitchell Mitchell lacked forcefulness in their match with Rockingham on Saturday and, left with little...

Wedding – Sharman & Hodgson

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 8th, 1933 Wedding: Hodgson & Sharman At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday. Miss Edith Sharman, elder daughter of Mr. and the late...

The Hull Coal Trade.

February 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 13 February 1884 The Hull Coal Trade. The position of the South Yorkshire collieries in relation...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 27th January 1939

January 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 27th January 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Hospital during the week include:— THURSDAY: Alfred Nicoll, 10, West...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – March 4th, 1939

March 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List March 4th, 1939 Cases Admitted SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127 Prospect Avenue, Goldthorpe — compound fracture and pelvis injury, in street. MONDAY: Fred Hodkin (30),...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 17th February 1939

February 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 17th February 1939 Cases Admitted MONDAY: Horace Pond (18), 21 Birdwell Road, Kilnhurst — lacerations of face and concussion, at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 10th February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times,  Friday 10th February 1939 Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List The following cases were admitted to the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, during the...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 3rd February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3rd February 1939 Montagu Hospital  The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Montagu Hospital during the week:— SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127, Probert Avenue,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 6th January 1939

January 1939
Montagu Hospital - Week’s Casualty List South Yorkshire Times, 6th January 1939 Cases Admitted Mexborough Albert Booth (5 months), of 3 Highfield Cottages, Mexborough, fractured humerus, at home. Treated...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 20th January 1939

January 1939
South Yorkshire Times, 20th January 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Admitted during the week to Montagu Hospital during the week were:— THURSDAY: John Henry Knight (19), 163,...

Mitchells Main 55 for 2 Broomhill 10

July 1878
Barnsley Chronicle - Saturday 06 July 1878 Mitchells Main v. Broomhill Played on the ground of the former club, and resulted in an easy victory. Subjoined is the...

Taking A Swarm

July 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 7th 1933 Taking A Swarm Mr. F. Haigh and his sister recovering a swarm of bees from a privet hedge in Hough...