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Marconigrams – November 6th 1943

March 1913
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Marconigrams The Swinton branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been revived. Coun. P.B. Nicholson,...

Marconigrams – Saturday 29 March 1913

March 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 March 1913 Marconigrams The local places of entertainment have done big business during Eastertide. Great developments are being made in...

The Coal War – Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work.

September 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 September 1893 The Coal War. Ballotting on the Proposed Partial Resumption of Work. Everything Quiet, Soldiers and Police Leaving the...

1960 in Retrospect – Flash-Back on Items of News Interest

January 1961
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 January 1961 1960 in Retrospect Flash-Back on Items of News Interest in an Eventful Old Year Do You Remember These? January Hundreds of...

Wiser Now – Defective Tyres

November 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 3rd 1933 Wiser Now “I ought to have had more sense,” was the remark made by William Watts, pony driver, Great Houghton,...

Widespread Grief & Sympathy – Heavy & Unexpected Blow

February 1952
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 February 1952 Widespread Evidence of Personal Grief and Sympathy A Heavy and Unexpected Blow South Yorkshire heard the news of the...

Editorial – “Happy Returns” – Hitler’s Birthday

24 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 April 1943 “Happy Returns” Hitler’s birthday, always a portentous rather than a cheerful anniversary, was a more hollow affair...

Editorial – The Budget

17 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 April 1943 The Budget The Budget, over whose secrets we were wont to tremble, caused barely a ripple on...

Editorial – Coming Events

10 April 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 April 1943 Coming Events An unmistakable tendency for the fighting in North Africa to impinge more and more on the...

Editorial – View Halloo

3 April 1943
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 April 1943 View Halloo Though it is not by any means over yet, the Battle of Tunisia has been...

Marconigrams – Saturday 22 February 1913

February 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 February 1913 Marconigrams A property owners’ protection association is being formed at Wombwell. The annual dinner of the Wath Cricket...

The Hull Coal Trade

February 1913
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 February 1913 The Hull Coal Trade The returns of the coal traffic through the Port of Hull for last...

The Hull Coal Trade

May 1904
Mexborough and Swinton Times – Saturday 14 May 1904 The Hull Coal Trade The return of the Hull Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and Shipping of the...

Marriages – Saturday 09 April 1904

April 1904
Mexborough and Swinton Times – Saturday 09 April 1904 Marriages Tyas–Oliver.—March 31st, at Mexboro’ Parish Church, Charles Robert Tyas, of Doncaster, and Edith Oliver, spinster, both...

Hull Coal Trade in February – Slight Decreases

March 1904
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 07 March 1904 Hull Coal Trade in FebruarySlight Decreases The usual return of the Hull Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and Shipping...

Editorial – The Coal Strike.

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 August 1893 The Coal Strike. So far as South Yorkshire generally is concerned the state of affairs is practically...

The Great Strike

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 04 August 1893 The Great Strike All the pits were set down last Friday, and implied that the great strike...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade.

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 18 August 1893 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade. The return showing the quantity of coals sent to...

Mexborough & District Collieries & Hull Coal Trade

July 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 July 1893 Mexborough and District Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade Yesterday the official return showing the quantity of...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

December 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 18 December 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade During the month of November the tonnage of coal sent to Hull...

The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade in 1881

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 20 January 1882 The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade in 1881 The annual return relating to the...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

October 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 11 October 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade Hitherto the quantity of coal sent into Hull compares favourably with last...

The Hull Coal Trade – 30,000 Tons Decrease

April 1903
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 06 April 1903 The Hull Coal Trade A 30,000 Tons Decrease The return furnished by the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping...

The Hull Coal Trade – November Returns

December 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 December 1903 The Hull Coal Trade November Returns Denaby and Cadeby Collieries, which, of course, head the list, stand out...

Marconigrams – 17th July 1903

July 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 17 July 1903 Marconigrams Hickleton sports realised £24. ________________________________________________________________________ On Wednesday a late Denaby miner set sail for America. ________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday was St. Swithin’s...