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Houghton Main – Satisfactory Settlement after Dispute.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 04 September 1922
Houghton Main.
Satisfactory Settlement after Ten Weeks' Dispute.
The news that a settlement has been arrived at...
Local Happenings – Diary – January to June 1922
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 30 December 1922
Local Happenings
January
1 – Denaby Parish Church War Memorial unveiled by Sir Alington Bewick Copley
4– Mexborough Comrades Club...
Local Happenings – Diary – July to December 1922
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 30 December 1922
Local Happenings
July
12 – Destructive fire at Goldthorpe, involving a garage and two charabancs.
12 – Mr F.E....
Marconigrams – December 09th, 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1922
Marconigrams
Last Friday, the Rev. W.A. Strawbridge, M.A., completed his 25th year as Vicar of Conisborough.
A new...
Frequency of Pit Deaths Becoming Serious
Yorkshire Post January 12, 1927
Frequency of Pit Deaths Becoming Serious
At an inquest at Little Houghton near Barnsley, yesterday, Councillor TW Illsley, an official of the...
Houghton Main Sinking
Sheffield Independent January 29, 1927
Houghton Main Sinking
Good progress is being made with the sinking of an additional shaft to the Parkgate seam of coal...
Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
Sheffield Independent January 5, 1927
Charles Dunn, miner, Middlecliffe Cottages, Little Houghton was killed by a fall of stone at the Houghton Main colliery on...
Electric Lit Streets for First Time
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 15 1927
Electric Lighting
“summertime” was beaten by just a short head and Houghton enjoyed the new sensation last Thursday evening...
Golden Wedding – 61 Years a Miner
Sheffield Independent April 23, 1927
61 Years a Miner
Darfield Couples Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs James Longden of 61 School Street, Darfield have just celebrated their...
Great Houghton’s Devoted Councillor
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 29, 1927
The palm for public service, so far as Great Houghton is concerned, must be awarded to Councillor John...