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Whose Pipe Was it?

April 1919
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 April 1919 Whose Pipe Was it? At Barnsley, on Wednesday, Cyril Hayes, Dataller, Darfield, was summoned by the Houghton...

Costly Experience

May 1919
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 May 1919 Costly Experience At the Doncaster West Riding police Court on Tuesday, Frederick Smith, Showman, Houghton, was fined...

Ran Away With A Baby. 

June 1919
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1919 Ran Away With A Baby.  Excitement was caused on Friday afternoon by the entry into the...

Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly

July 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 26, 1919 Coal Strike The Local Situation. No Serious Mine Damage. Industry Running Down. Mines Calm and Orderly In the Mexborugh district the strike is...

Miners’ Present for M.P.

July 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 17 July 1919 Miners’ Present for M.P. As a tribute of esteem and appreciation, the employees of the Dearne Valley...

Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.

July 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 July 1919 Coal Miner’s Strike Mines Quickly Flooding. Messages from other correspondents throughout the district show how serious the situation....

Celebrations in the District

July 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 26, 1919 Celebrations in the District Celebrations went with a very gay swing at Little Houghton, the proceedings com-mencing with a...

Jollifications at Great Houghton.

July 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 26, 1919 Jollifications at Great Houghton. Great Houghton is justly proud of the part which her manhood played in the great...

Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District

August 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 9, 1919 Yorkshire Coal Strike. No Settlement Yet: Another Attempt Today Third Week of the Dispute Mass Meetings in the District The Yorkshire...

Drum-Head Service

September 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 27, 1919 Drum-Head Service By way of tribute to fallen heroes of the Great War, a drum-head service was held at...