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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...

Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils

October 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 09 October 1919 Don and Dearne Borough Councils The two big amalgamation schemes in the Don and Dearne valleys, which, if...

Great Houghton Parish Council – Disgraceful Sanitary Conditions.

October 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 4, 1919 Great Houghton Parish Council. Disgraceful Sanitary Conditions. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Great Houghton Parish Council was held in...

Football at Great Houghton.

4 October 1919
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1919 Football at Great Houghton. Four Houghton teams are inĀ  various leagues, and, whilst various leagues and...

Football at Great Houghton.

18 October 1919
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1919 Football at Great Houghton. On Saturday Great Houghton United were away to Smithies in the Junior Division...

Dearne Valley Progress – Extensive Municipal Trading Projected.

November 1919
Leeds Mercury - Saturday 22 November 1919 Dearne Valley Progress Extensive Municipal Trading Projected. The Urban District Councils of Hoyland Nether, Bolton-on-Dearne, and Darfield are...

Miner Killed by Fall of Stone

December 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 31 December 1919 Miner Killed by Fall of Stone John Pugsley (37), miner, of Highfield, Darfield, who, on Monday, was killed...