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A Sad Case from Mexbro’ – Fine and Birch

October 1887
Sheffield Independent - Monday 24 October 1887 A Sad Case from Mexbro'. On Saturday, at Doncaster, Thomas Oxley, a boy living with his parents at...

Hallamshire Cup Round 2 – Conisborough 2 Mexborough 3

October 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 31 October 1887 Sheffield Hallamshire Minor Cup Second Round Conisborough 2 Mexborough 3 These  teams met Conisborough on Saturday the second round of...

Singular Drowning Case – The Results of Spitting.

October 1888
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 October 1888 Singular Drowning Case At Swinton Bridge. The Results of Spitting. Mr. Dossey Wightman held an inquest...

Sheffield and Hallamshire Challenge Cup ties

October 1888
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 15 October 1888 Sheffield and Hallamshire Challenge Cup ties Heeley 3   Kilnhurst 0 This cup tie in the first round for the...

Mass Meeting of Denaby Miners.

November 1888
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 01 November 1888 Mass Meeting of Denaby Miners. Yesterday morning the Lodge room in Doncaster Rd, Mexborough, was crowded with...

Floods Near Mexbro’

November 1888
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 14 November 1888 Floods Near Mexbro’ Yesterday the riven Don and Dearne were again swollen, and much land was submerged. Between Mexbro'...

The Gale in the Don Valley.

November 1888
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 28 November 1888 The Gale in the Don Valley. A terrific gale blew across the Don Valley last night. In some parts...

Trammer Killed at Denaby Main

90 April 1888
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 05 September 1884 A Trammer Killed at Denaby Main Yesterday an inquest was held at the Reresby Arms Inn, Denaby...

Disputes at Denaby Main Colliery – Mr. Pickard, M.P., at Mexborough

January 1889
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 08 January 1889 Disputes at Denaby Main Colliery Mr. Pickard, M.P., at Mexborough Last night, at the Lodge room of the...

Kilnhurst Challenge Cup – Mexborough 9 Denaby 0

21 January 1889
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 21 January 1889 Kilnhurst Challenge Cup. Mexborough 9 Denaby 0 This undecided tie in the first round of the Kilnhurst...