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1908 Quarter 3

Local Band’s Success at Cleethorpes (video)

July 1908
Barnsley Chronicle,  July 11, 1908 Local Band's Success at Cleethorpes The annual brass band contest, held on Cleethorpes Pier last Saturday, proved highly popular, but it resolved...

Fatality at Houghton Main

August 1908
Sheffield Evening Telegraph, August 19, 1908 Fatality at Houghton Main A sad fatality happened at the Houghton Main Colliery, yesterday, when Peter Smith, miner, of Snape...

Great Houghton Feast

August 1908
Barnsley Chronicle August 15, 1908 Great Houghton Feast The annual sacred concert at Great Houghton on behalf of the local hospitals took place on Sunday afternoon,...

Sunday Afternoon’s Unlawful Pastime

August 1908
Barnsley Chronicle August 15 1908 Sunday Afternoon’s Unlawful Pastime A number of young men from the Sandhills (Great Houghton) district were summoned for playing at “Banker”...