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A Barnsley Fracas.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 05 October 1928
A Barnsley Fracas.
A serious case involved the Vine Tavern club, Barnsley, and Middlecliffe Rovers. When those...
Football Match Scene – Blow Breaks Player’s Jaw
Sheffield Independent - Friday 16 November 1928
Football Match Scene.
Blow Breaks Player’s Jaw
Following scene at a football match, Ernest Jones, miner, 4, Grey street,...
Great Houghton Lodger’s “Temper.”
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 25, 1929
Great Houghton Lodger's "Temper."
Thomas James, labourer, Great Houghton, was bound over for six months at Barnsley on Monday...
Art and Tragedy – The End of a Genius – Love and Death...
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929
Art and Tragedy.
The End of a Genius.
Love and Death.
Search for Fame.
A youth who as a boy attended elementary...
Church Worship – Listing of Services at 55 Chapels & Churches
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 22, 1929
Sunday, February 24th. (Second Sunday in Lent).
(Routine announcements are inserted in this column free; special announcements at...
Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 1, 1929
Coal Boom.
Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire.
All Pits Busy.
The coal boom has unfortunately coincided with one of the worst...
Pit-head Baths
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 29, 1929
Pit-head Baths
Since propaganda in favour of pit-head baths is apparently necessary— though it is astonishing in this age...
Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 8, 1929
Candidates for the Councils
South Yorkshire Urban and Rural Nominations
Urban Councils
CONISBRO’
All Seats Contested This Time.
Five Seats
North: Ruth Donaghue (Lab.)...
Electrocuted – Linesman’s Terrible Misadventure – Switch Left On.
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 12, 1929
Electrocuted.
Middlecliffe Linesman's Terrible Misadventure.
Switch Left On.
Tragic Misunderstanding.
Details of a shocking tragedy at Little Houghton were given at the...
A Pit Problem – ” Search Your Pockets.”
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 21, 1929
A Pit Problem.
" Search Your Pockets."
"We ask that you will deal with increasing severity in these cases," said...