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Marconigrams – May 13th 1922

May 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 May 1922 Marconigrams Conisborough’s housing scheme has been cut down from 270 to 30 houses. The prevailing price of milk...

Marconigrams – June 17th 1922

June 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 June 1922 Marconigrams. Water boring is going on near the railway station at Darfield Fresh cases of enteric fever be...

Marconigrams – July 29th, 1922

July 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 July 1922 Marconigrams The Swinton Urban Council will hold no meeting in August. The Mexborough Lawn Tennis Association cup finals...

Houghton Main – Satisfactory Settlement after Dispute.

September 1922
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

December 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

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

December 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...

Marconigrams – Saturday 07 June 1924

June 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1924 Marconigrams The Wath Medical Officer holds that school parties for Wembley should be vaccinated. The expensive tip we...

Marconigrams – Saturday 14 June 1924

June 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 June 1924 Marconigrams The late Councillor John Robinson, of Wombwell, left estate of the value of £30,382. The Order of...

Frequency of Pit Deaths Becoming Serious

January 1927
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...