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Methodist Relics – Sketch of John Wesley – Billingley Museum

December 1932
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

January 1934
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

November 1932
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

January 1934
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

November 1932
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

December 1942
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

26 December 1942
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

December 1942
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

December 1942
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

19 December 1942
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

12 December 1932
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1951
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

December 1892
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

December 1892
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

December 1942
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

5 December 1942
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

December 1892
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

December 1892
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

January 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

November 1892
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

28 November 1942
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...