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Marconigrams – August 01st, 1902

August 1902
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 01 August 1902 Marconigrams Kite flying is the favourite amusement of Mexborough boys just now. The new Central Infants School at...

Colliery Fatality at Houghton – Mitchell Main Youth Killed.

September 1902
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 September 1902 Colliery Fatality at Houghton Mitchell Main Youth Killed. A sad fatality occurred at Houghton Main Colliery on...

The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.

September 1902
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 September 1902 The Hull Coal Trade. Serious Decline of Traffic. The official return dealing with the coal trade...

Marconigrams – September 12th, 1902

September 1902
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 September 1902 Marconigrams. The popularity of ping pong seems to be on the wane. The boys of Mexboro have...

Houghton Labourer and His Abode.

September 1902
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 26 September 1902 Houghton Labourer and His Abode. Thomas Hopkinson, labourer, Houghton Parva, was charged at the Barnsley Police Court,...

False Pretences at Houghton

December 1902
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 5, 1902 False Pretences at Houghton Annie Birkett, single woman of Houghton Magna, was charged with having obtained the sum...

Fraud at Houghton Magna.

December 1902
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 12, 1902 Fraud at Houghton Magna. At Leeds Assizes, on Saturday, Annie Birkitt (40), housekeeper, pleaded guilty to having obtained...