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Misadventure – Wombwell Man’s Fate – Found On Line

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 26th, 1934 Misadventure Wombwell Man’s Fate Found On Line The discovery of the body of a man lying on the L.M.S. railway near a...

Sad End – Mexborough Man’s Discovery

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 19th 1934 Sad End Mexborough Man's Discovery A tragic discovery was made on the L.N E. railway between Wath and Wombwell...

Obituary – Mr. T. L. Curtis

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 26th 1934 Mr. T. L. Curtis The death occurred with tragic suddenness on Monday morning of Mr. Thomas L. Curtis at his...

Elizabethan Bible

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 12th, 1934 An excellent view of the Elizabethan Bible which, as reported by our last issue, is in the possession Mrs....

Miner’s Death from Explosion – Fatal Third Shot – Unsuspected Pocket of Gas

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th, 1934 Cadeby Miner’s Death from Explosion Fatal Third Shot Unsuspected Pocket of Gas An explosion in the Cadeby mine on Friday which resulted...

Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries

January 1934
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...

Rural Crafts – Hedge-Laying & Trimming – A Decaying Art

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 26th, 1934 Rural Crafts Hedge-Laying & Trimming A Decaying Art Nothing is more agreeable in the eye of a countryman than a well-trimmed hedge,...

Mexborough Civic Party

January 1934
The Times, January 19th 1934 A Civic Party Some of the happy little throng at the Mexborough Civic Party, on Tuesday. Encircled: Betty Kelsall, judged the...

Cinemas – Majestic, Empire & Oxford – The Ghoul (video)

January 1934
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Thurnscoe Music Festival

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 29th, 1934 Thurnscoe Music Festival Child Art The Discovery of “Talent” A Barnsley “Champion” Slump in Choral Classes The third annual festival of music at Thurnscoe,...