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Wedding – Brown & Chambers

South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Miss Carol Chambers (Mexborough) and mr. Terence brown (conanby), who were married on Saturday at Doncaster register...

Matron of Montagu Hospital

South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 Miss E. Leonard, Matron of Montagu Hospital (right), buys gifts after opening the Christmas Fair at Mexborough...

Wedding – Burns & Wake

South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970 MISS JANET BURN (Mexborough) and mr. Jeffery wake (Barnsley), who were married on Saturday at Doncaster register...

Members Of Mexborough Grammar School

Members Of Mexborough Grammar School Sixth form college at the dress rehearsal for their production of “the beaux Stratagem.”

Hairdresser Of The Future?

South Yorkshire Times - Saturday, December 5th, 1970 Hairdresser Of The Future? Frances Watson (4), one of the models for the hairdressing show by Stephen of...

Mining Operations in the Don Valley – Easterly Extension

May 1893
Sheffield Independent – Friday 19 May 1893 Mining Operations in the Don ValleyEasterly Extensions The development of the South Yorkshire coalfield in an easterly direction has...

A Mexbro’ Miner Found Poisoned at Conisbro’

May 1893
Sheffield Independent – Thursday 18 May 1893 A Mexbro’ Miner Found Poisoned at Conisbro’ About half-past six o’clock yesterday morning two women found a man lying...

Cinemas – Majestic, Empire & Oxford – Blonde Venus (video)

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933 From YouTube:

Threatened Strike Of Glassblowers

July 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Friday 13 July 1883 Threatened Strike Of Glassblowers The glassblowers employed by Messrs. Kilner Bros., Conisborough; Mr. Thomas Barron, Mexborough; Messrs. Waddington...

Drunkenness

July 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 July 1883 Drunkenness Geo. Kitchen, collier, Mexboro’, and Richd. Parey, collier, Denaby, were charged with drunkenness on licensed premises...

Assault At Mexboro’

July 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 July 1883 Assault At Mexboro’ Jno. Knowland, collier, Denaby, was summoned for assaulting James Hy. Burdin, collier, of Mexboro’,...

Drunkenness

July 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 July 1883 Drunkenness Geo. Kitchen, collier, Mexboro’, and Richd. Parey, collier, Denaby, were charged with drunkenness on licensed premises...

Mexboro’ Feast – An Irish tale

June 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 29 June 1883 Mexboro' Feast The proceedings at Mexboro’ on Monday were very interesting. People were parading the streets in...

Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough

June 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 26 June 1883 Miners’ Demonstration At Mexborough The annual demonstration in connection with the Denaby Main Lodge of the Miners’ Association...

Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough – Scenes at Mexborough

March 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 16 March 1894 Sunday Closing Meeting at Mexborough Scenes at Mexborough, Swinton, Denaby, and Conisborough A public meeting to advocate the...

Montagu Cottage Hospital

March 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 16 March 1894 Montagu Cottage Hospital At Montagu Cottage Hospital, two patients had been admitted, one discharged, and eight remained...

Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit

March 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 March 1894 Mexborough Primitive Methodist Circuit A New Chapel for Denaby The quarterly meeting connected with the Mexborough Primitive Methodist...

Railway Traffic from Yorkshire Collieries to Hull

April 1883
Railway News – Saturday 14 April 1883 The Railway Traffic from the Yorkshire Collieries to Hull The quarterly return relating to the tonnage of coal transported...

Miners’ Meeting at Mexborough

April 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 10 April 1883 Miners’ Meeting at Mexborough A large meeting of the men employed at Denaby Main Colliery was held last...

A Feature of Barnsley’s Recent Displays

5 May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933 A feature of Barnsley's recent displays has been the clever play of Eddie Fleetwood who last season was with...

A May Day “Crowning”

May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933 A May Day “Crowning” The “crowning” of the May Queen, (Joan Blackburn) at the annual festival of the Park Road...

The Crowning of the May Queen,

May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1933 The crowning of the May Queen, Joan Dennis, by Mrs. Arnold, a member of the local Education Committee, at...

Rink Talent Left

May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1933 Rink Talent Left A Mexborough youth left his native town on Saturday to seek fame and fortune on the stage....

The Hiring System.

March 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 5 March 1883 The Hiring System. At the Doncaster West Riding Police Court on Saturday, William Kirk was charged that, being...

The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull

March 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883 The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...