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Cortonwood Disaster – Midnight Explosion in Silkstone Seam

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 16th 1932. Midnight Explosion in The Silkstone Seam Seven Lives Lost " Five Minutes To Twelve " A Flash of Flame Pitiful Scenes Widespread Sympathy: Relief...

Cortonwood Disaster – Sinister Month

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 16th 1932. Sinister Month The topic of the week-end in my village (writes a correspondent) was the tragedy at Cortonwood. An old collier...

Cortonwood Disaster – The Victims

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 16th 1932. Cortonwood Disaster The Victims  

Wedding Eve Tragedy – Killed by fall at Mitchell Main

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, Friday, December 30th, 1932 Wedding Eve Tragedy Killed by fall at Mitchell Main “A Very Sad Case” “This is a very sad case, I understand...

Hidden Beauty – Nature Regaining Ground – “Slaverin’ Main”

December 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 9th, 1932 Hidden Beauty Where Nature Is Regaining Ground “Slaverin’ Main” Wombwell District’s Brightside A teacher at one of the evening schools in...

Marconigrams – December 09th, 1932

December 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 9th, 1932 Marconigrams Mr. Charles Jagger, the famous sculptor, who is a native of Kilnhurst, is at work on designs for...

Marconigrams – December 23rd, 1932

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 23rd, 1932 Marconigrams. A Happy Christmas to all our readers. When playing bridge, a good deal depends a good deal.—"Punch." "I dislike the...

Retiring Head – 38 years in Woman’s schools – Tributes to Miss Goodwin

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 16th, 1932. Retiring head 38 years in Woman’s schools Tributes to Miss Goodwin On her retirement, as a mark of esteem from the staff...

Shop At Home

December 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 9th, 1932 Shop At Home These birds, from Wombwell Turkey farm, are indignantly asking why we need buy foreign.

Stern Year – Many Trials but Much Progress – Diary – January to June...

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times December 30, 1932 A Stern Year Many Trials but Much Progress Losses and Gains January 12 – Notices received by 250 Mitchell Main employees 22 –...