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Obituary – Samuel Richardson
South Yorkshire Times, January 12th, 1934
Great Houghton
Richardson
The funeral took place at Darfield on Monday of Mr. Samuel Richardson (58) of Manor Farm, Great Houghton,...
Beauty In Industry – Flood-Lighting of Houghton Main – A Striking Spectacle
South Yorkshire Times, January 19th, 1934
Beauty In Industry
Flood-Lighting of Houghton Main
A Striking Spectacle
Floodlit pithead gear at Houghton Main
A frieze of dazzling brightness is being...
Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th, 1934
Work-Sharing
Spreading In Local Collieries
Colliery owners and miners in this district favour the sharing out of work. Schemes inaugurated within...
Marconigrams – January 19th, 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 19th, 1934
Marconigrams
A Chamber of Trade has been formed at Goldthorpe.
The Houghton Main Colliery Company have re-opened their Parkgate seam, closed...
Golden Wedding Day – Happy Houghton Group
South Yorkshire Times, February 9th, 1934
Golden Wedding Day
A Happy Houghton Group
The photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Oddy , 18, Thurnscoe Lane, Great...
New County Districts West Riding Proposals Completed
South Yorkshire Times, February 2nd, 1934
New County Districts
West Riding Proposals Completed
Important Revisions
Reorganisation Of Doncaster, Hemsworth, Barnsley and Penistone Rural Districts
Fewer and Bigger Urban Authorities
Local...
Police Court Briefs
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 March 1934
Police Court Briefs
Arthur Ward. haulage hand, Wombwell, was fined 5s. at Barnsley on Wednesday for...
Marconigrams — Friday, 22 June 1934
South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 22 June 1934
Marconigrams
Adjacent posters at Thurnscoe: "Beer Best," "Save Water."
In the parish of Hampall Stubbs there was neither birth...
Police Court Briefs
South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 29 June 1934
Police Court Briefs
At Barnsley on Friday, Wilfred Perks, miner, of Great Houghton, was fined 10s. and costs,...
Better than Cure – Gargling against Influenza
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 8,1937
Better than Cure
A miner at Houghton Main Colliery, gargling as a precaution against influenza, which has affected the men...