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Marconigrams – Saturday, 28 January 1905
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 28 January 1905
Marconigrams
The Houghton Main Miners’ Checkweigh Fund report, on Saturday, showed that £122 had been received for...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 21 January 1905
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 21 January 1905
Marconigrams
The Earl of Elginshire has broken an arm accidentally near the Continent.
The Atlantic rate war has...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 07 January 1905
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 7 January 1905
Marconigrams
On Saturday, Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., said “good-bye” to the army.
Christmas turkeys were sold late...
Hull Coal Traffic – The Year’s Increased Trade
Sheffield Independent — Saturday, 7 January 1905, page 9
Hull Coal Traffic
The Year’s Increased Trade
Considering the fact that during the year some of the West...
Output Up 45,281 Tons
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 16 January 1954
Output Up 45,281 Tons
The 13 pits in the N.C.B.’s No. 3 Area resumed normal working last week...
Marconigrams – January 9th 1954
South Yorkshire Times, January 9th 1954
Marconigrams
“The year 1954 is likely to be a year of destiny.” — The Rector of Wombwell (Canon G. W....
Tailpiece – Money Tied up in Mustard
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 9 January 1954
Tailpiece
A Cleveland farm lad plodded his way over muddy fields to the little village shop.
“Th’ missus hez...
Wombwell – Mr. Israel Husband
South Yorkshire Times December 1st 1933
Wombwell
Mr. Israel Husband
The death occurred at Egremont, Wallasey. Liverpool, last week of Mr. Israel Husband (73) formerly of Wombwell....
Queer “Fish” – Sixty Years Of Canal Service
South Yorkshire Times, December 8th 1933
Queer “Fish”
Sixty Years Of Canal Service
Under the shadow of a canal bridge at Wombwell stands a little cottage occupied...
First To Fall – Wombwell War Memory Revived
South Yorkshire Times, December 8th 1933
First To Fall
Wombwell War Memory Revived
Who was the first Wombwell man to fall in the Great War? By...
Obituary – Saxton
South Yorkshire Times, December 15th 1933
Saxton
Mr. Walter Burton Saxton (83), 60, Main Street. Wombwell, died on December 7th, after a long illness. When be...
Marconigrams – December 22nd 1933
South Yorkshire Times, December 22nd 1933
Marconigrams
The broadcast of the Bethlehem bells on Christmas Eve will be relayed to the Wath Parish Church.
“This putting of...
Wombwell Worthies – An Old Cricketer’s Fifty – Golden Wedding
South Yorkshire Times, December 22nd 1933
Wombwell Worthies
An Old Cricketer’s Fifty
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schofield
A Wombwell main couple, readers of the South Yorkshire Times,...
South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – July to December
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954
South Yorkshire Review of 1953
July
It was announced that a new drift mine was likely to be developed...
South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – January to June
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954
South Yorkshire Review of 1953
What the Moving Finger Wrote in Coronation Year
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen...
Marconigrams – Friday, 14 September 1934
South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 14 September 1934
Marconigrams
Unemployment in France has reached its highest level since the war.
The infantile mortality rate for 1933 was...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 12 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 12 July 1924
Marconigrams
An outbreak of smallpox in Wombwell is reported.
Wednesday was the twelfth anniversary of the Cadeby Colliery...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 26 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 26 July 1924
Marconigrams
The Beckett Hospital, Barnsley, needs a regular monthly income of £1,200.
Over £80 was raised at the...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 19 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 19 July 1924
Marconigrams
Collections at a Wesleyan anniversary in Wombwell last week-end exceeded £80.
St. Swithin seems to have kidded...
Midland League Fixtures
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 26 July 1924
Midland League Fixtures
The Local Programmes
Wombwell Town
1924
Aug. 30 — Scunthorpe — Home
Sept. 3 (Wed.) — Frickley —...
Marconigrams – July 7, 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — July 7, 1924
Marconigrams
Last year local taxation fell from £6 11s. 10d. to £5 1s. 3d. per head of the...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 28 March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 28 March 1914
Marconigrams
Lord George Sanger’s Circus will shortly pay visits to Mexborough and Goldthorpe.
The Mexboro’ Sports will be...