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Methodist Relics – Sketch of John Wesley – Billingley Museum
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 9th, 1932
Methodist Relics
Sketch of John Wesley
Billingley Museum
If ever the history of Wesleyan Methodism in the Wath Circuit is compiled,...
Obituary – Samuel Richardson
South Yorkshire Times, January 12th, 1934
Great Houghton
Richardson
The funeral took place at Darfield on Monday of Mr. Samuel Richardson (58) of Manor Farm, Great Houghton,...
Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 18 November 1932
Light on The Coal Quota
Mr. A. T. Thomson Explains
A Trade Barometer
Collapse of the Export Trade
Quota Hateful But...
Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th, 1934
Work-Sharing
Spreading In Local Collieries
Colliery owners and miners in this district favour the sharing out of work. Schemes inaugurated within...
The Village Methodists – Billingley Breaks Ground
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1932
The Village Methodists
Billingley Breaks Ground
The First Jumble Sale
The Pioneers
Arrival Of The Jumble
The...
Sailor – Dronfield, Arthur – Convoy Gunner
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
Convoy Gunner
Arthur Dronfield, who lived with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Watts, of Church View, Darfield,...
Editorial – The Mark of the Beast
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
The Mark of the Beast
Winter relief funds and the sedatives provided by Doctor Goebbels and his hard-worked...
New Order For Miners – Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
New Order For Miners
Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
The idea that Government rehabilitation schemes for the mining industry...
Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
New Order For Miners
Mr. Tom Smith, M.P., at Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
A group photographed at the...
Editorial – Closing In
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 19 December 1942
Closing In
The sudden melting away of what is left of the Afrika Korps from the reputedly formidable...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 12 December 1942
Japan's Turn
Mr. Churchill's message this week to British Far Eastern territories occupied by the Japanese left...
From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
"If 1951 has been a good year for the miners,...
Tailpiece – December 29th 1951 – Missing
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Tailpiece
The best wayside pulpiteering yet:
“This is a ch. .ch. What is missing?
Looking Back On 1951 A Diary of District Affairs
South Yorkshire Times, December 29th, 1951
Looking Back On 1951
A Diary of District Affairs
Short-Term History
Festival of Britain and General Election year has featured several major...
Tailpiece – December 22nd 1951 – Middle Name
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday December 22nd 1951
Tailpiece – Middle Name
He could neither read nor write, but when a distant relation left him a small...
Tailpiece – December 15th, 1951 – Young Scottish Farmer
South Yorkshire Times, December 15, 1951
Tailpiece
A young Scotch farmer took his girl to a dance.
As he drove her home she began to sniff. "What...
Historical Diaries – 04 – April Anniversaries
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1892
Anniversaries
April.
1 Suicide of H. Crossley at Jump, '89 (Article Wombwell site)
2 Wombwell Local Board Election. '87 (Article Wombwell...
Historical Diaries – 03 – March Anniversaries
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1892
Anniversaries
March
1 Suicide of G. Carlin, Wath , '91 (Article Wath site)
2 Mrs Kilham, Mexboro', 103 yrs old, '91...
Soldier – Woodward, William – Good News from Egypt
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 December 1942
Good News from Egypt
William Woodward, of Rotherham Road, Great Houghton, is attached to the West Yorkshire...
Editorial – A Lead For The World
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 December 1942
A Lead For The World
Not only post-war planning, but the present energy which the British people...
Historical Diaries – 02 February Anniversaries
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 23 December 1892
Anniversaries
February
1 Rev. W. J. Cooksey appointed pastor of West Melton Congregational Church ‘82
2 Mexborough Local Board...
Historical Diaries – 01 January Anniversaries
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 December 1892
Anniversaries
January
1 Railway Accident at Penistone 1885
2 Drowning case at Swinton Pottery, '90 (Article Mexborough & Swinton Sites)
3 Death...
Marconigrams – January 13th 1933
South Yorkshire Times, January 13th, 1933
Marconigrams
Thirty-six more payments and the war is ours.
There are 300,000 unemployed youths in this country to-day.
I am not sure...
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1892
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
The following return shows the quantity of coal sent...
Editorial – Ring of Retribution
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 November 1942
Ring of Retribution
To say that Hitler's world, created at the cost of so much blood and...