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State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

Assaults.

March 1878
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 04 March 1878 Assaults. At the West Riding Police Court, on Saturday, Edward Lamplough, farmer, of Highfields, was fined 1s. and...

Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton

May 1878
Barnsley Chronicle – Saturday 04 May 1878 Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton The various lodges in connection with the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association in the immediate neighbourhood...

Excise Prosecutions

May 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 May 1878 Excise Prosecutions At the Doncaster Police Court on Wednesday, before C. E. S. Cooke, Esq., and F....

Mexboro 32  Denaby Main  43

May 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 10 May 1878 Mexboro 32  Denaby Main  43 Played at Mexboro’, on Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for...

Women’s Quarrels at Mexboro’.

June 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 June 1878   Jemima Bradley and Mary Smith, Denaby, and Mary Jackson, Mexboro’, were all charged with assaulting another...

Grimsby & Cleethorpes Outing

August 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 August 1878 On Saturday morning last, about 500 of the workmen employed at the Denaby Main Colliery, along...

The Storm

December 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 December 1878 The Storm We are having some very seasonable weather, and at this period we can truly say...

Foot Race at the Barnsley Queen’s Grounds

December 1878
Barnsley Chronicle - Saturday 28 December 1878 Foot Race at the Barnsley Queen’s Grounds On Saturday a race of 100 yards for £10 took place between...

Mexborough White Rose  3  Denaby  1

27 December 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 December 1878 Mexborough White Rose  3  Denaby  1 The return match between these clubs was played at Mexborough on...