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Undismayed, Four Heroes Entered The Bungalow ‘Jungle’
1820   Aug The Pottery Well and Seven Men
The Railway Acts
Mill Water in Court
1838   Sep Kilnhurst Steel & File Works – Sale or Let – Immediate Possession
1841   Feb Disorderly Workman
1851   Dec Awful Colliery Explosion at Warren Vale – Fifty-One Lives Lost.
1870   Aug Colliery Accident
1874   Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1888   Jul South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1889   Feb Death by Suffocation at the Swinton Chemical Works.
1889   Apr Co-Operative Conference At Denaby Main – The Dividend Question.
1889   Dec Trade in the Mexborough Area in 1889
1890   May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891   Jan Death of Mr. Charles Goodinson
1891   Jan The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1891   Jan Local Trade in 1890
1891   Feb A Case from Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1891   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1891   Oct Co-operative Conference – 1. Chairman’s Remarks
1891   Oct Co-operative Conference – 2. Webb’s Paper
1891   Oct Co-operative Conference – 3. Delegates Comments
1891   Dec Kilnhurst Co-operative Stores
1892   Feb A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall
1892   Mar The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   Jul Miner’s Demonstration
1892   Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892   Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892   Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1893   Jan The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892
1893   Jan District Trade in 1892
1893   Mar Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.
1894   Jan A Disastrous Year
1902   Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1902   Sep The Dispute at Thrybergh Hall and Warren Vale.
1907   Apr Thrybergh Dispute – Important Conference – No settlement
1908   Nov Brutal Pony Driver
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1908   Nov Kilnhurst Railway Fatality.
1909   Apr The Elections – Kilnhurst & Swinton
1909   May Trammer Killed at Kilnhurst
1909   May Exports Increasing Denaby & Cadeby Again to the Front.
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1910   Mar Kilnhurst Cooperative Society – Jubilee Festival
1910   Aug Buried Alive – Miners Awful Fate – Heroic Rescuers
1910   Aug Fatal Kite Flying at Kilnhurst
1911   May The Property Market, Sheffield – Messrs. Nicholson’s Important Sale
1911   Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912   Jan Mining Death Roll – Kilnhurst Footballer Killed.
1912   Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912   Mar Disastrous Effect on Trading Concerns.
1912   Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912   Mar Reports from the Coal Fields – In the Don Valley
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1917   Aug Kilnhurst Miner Dies
1917   Aug A Miner’s Lost Fingers
1918   Jan Butchers on Strike.
1918   Jan Kilnhurst Pony Driver Fined At Rotherham – Wounding “Dandy”
1918   Jan Heroism at Kilnhurst – Empire Medals for Chemical Workers
1918   Jun Splendid Effort – Aeroplane Assured By Kilnhurst Works
1918   Nov 1,000 Shell-Workers ’ Notices
1918   Dec Motor Benzole For Sale.
1918   Dec The Shell Girls – Fine Performance – Tribute To Devoted Patriotism
1919   Mar County Elections. – Public Apathy. – Local Labour Successes.
1919   Apr A Row With The Chairman.
1919   Apr Kilnhurst Labour Trouble 
1919   May Amalgamated Union Meets in Sheffield – Kilnhurst Strike
1919   Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919   Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919   Aug Sale of Dwellinghouses in Kilnhurst
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919   Oct Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils
1920   Jan Hull Coal Traffic.
1920   Sep Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
1920   Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921   Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921   Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921   Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921   May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921   May Strike in Seventh Week
1921   May Swinton Council – A Cricket Comedy – Blow for Budding Hirsts
1921   Jun Pit Pony Races.
1921   Oct Swinton Council – Street Lighting & Disgraceful State of Kilnhurst.
1922   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Trade – Shipments for March 1922
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1927   May Cooperative Society Results
1927   May Kilnhurst Colliery – 180 Men Paid Off
1927   Jun Canal Lock re Conditioning
1927   Jul Local Industries
1927   Nov Died At Work – Rotherham Miners Tragic End
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Jan Kilnhurst Pit to Work Only One Shift a Day – 1,000 Given Notice
1928   Feb Change at Kilnhurst.
1928   Feb More Men Dismissed.
1928   Mar Died While Working – Compensation for Loss of Son
1928   Mar John Baker and Co – Outlook for Coming Year Not So Bright.
1928   Apr Costs In The Steel Trades – Rotherham Firm’s Possible Move
1928   Jun Kilnhurst Accident – Rawmarsh Youth Killed
1928   Jul Swinton Youth Killed – Unexplained Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery – Derailed Tubs.
1928   Aug Kilnhurst Co-operative Secretary Retiring – An Honourable Record.
1928   Sep Killed By Fall at Kilnhurst Colliery – A Pure Accident.
1928   Oct Knocked Off Boilers – Mexborough Man Killed at Kilnhurst Forge.
1928   Dec Drowning Fatality.
1929   Jan “Top End.” – Closing of Swinton Common Pit
1929   Jan Closing of Swinton Common Colliery – 300 miners involved.
1929   Mar Kilnhurst Working Again
1929   Mar Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations
1929   Mar The New Councillors – Men & Women Who Won First Victories
1929   Apr The New Chairmen – South Yorkshire Civic Leaders
1929   May Better Times At Baker’s – Two Big Orders for Next Two Months.
1929   May 1929 General Election, May 30, 1929
1929   Jun Unusual Case Settled –  Rotherham Works Accident Compensation Division.
1929   Jun Baker-Bessemer
1929   Jun Bakers’ Enterprise Offer To Buy Bessemer’s – Production to be at Kilnhurst.
1929   Jun Insanitary Conditions in Kilnhurst
1929   Jul Killed By Haulage – Unexplained Accident – Found Under “Tub”
1929   Jul Miner Dies from Injuries at Pit
1929   Jul Lightning Strike – Wages Dispute at Thrybergh Hall – Settlement Yesterday
1929   Jul Baker-Bessemer – Kilnhurst Firm’s Offer Accepted.
1929   Jul Haulage Hands’ Wages – Prompt Settlement of Thrybergh Hall Pit Dispute.
1929   Aug Sheffield Works of Famous Firm to Close Down – Henry Bessemer And Co.
1929   Sep Race Week and Co-operative Trip
1929   Oct Important South African Order for Tires.
1929   Nov Co-operative Society – Quarterly Meeting
1929   Nov Pottery Site Closes
1929   Nov Vanished History. – The “Bristol” Boom – A Tale of Two Centuries.
1929   Dec Royal Rockingham – History of Yorkshire’s Only Porcelain Pottery
1929   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys.
1930   Oct Mottying At Kilnhurst – Miner Fined at Rotherham.
1931   Jan Trade In 1931- The Local Outlook – No Great Expectations
1931   May Kilnhurst Co-Operative Society Quarterly Statement
1931   May Praise for W.V.S. From Swinton U.D.C Chairman
1931   Dec Our Free Family Insurance – Another Fatal Accident Claim Paid
1931   Dec Don and Dearne Valleys – Upward Tendency of Trade
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Apr Kilnhurst’s Kind Farewell 
1932   May Kilnhurst Man’s Unreported Injury – Widow’s Claim Fails – Fatal Burn
1932   Sep Coal Tar – Infant Industry with Great Future
1932   Oct Good Old Hemp
1932   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1933   Apr The Local Elections – Some New Members
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1934   Feb Kilnhurst Veteran to Retire – First Postman
1934   Feb New County Districts West Riding Proposals Completed
1934   Feb Swinton U.D.C. – Scarlet Fever Epidemic – Amalgamation Doom
1937   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery taken over by Tinsley Park Colliery
1937   Mar Brighter Outlook for John Baker and Bessemer Ltd
1937   Apr Kilnhurst Bridge
1937   Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – 18 Men Dashed Down Shaft
1937   Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – The Dead and Injured
1937   Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – Scenes at the Pit
1937   Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – The Inquest – Deputy Who Heard Shouts and Groans
1937   Aug Kilnhurst Pit Cage Crash – Winder’s Admission – Lever in Wrong Position
1937   Oct Steelworks Youths’ Strike
1937   Oct Young Steelworkers Strike
1937   Nov Tinsley Park’s Profits And Offer
1937   Nov Back To Work
1938   Apr Presentation at Baker & Bessemer
1938   Apr District Election Surprises – Three Independent Gains
1938   Apr Kilnhurst Chemical Works Manager
1938   Apr Kilnhurst Councillor – Mr W.O. Turton
1938   Apr New Councillor – Fitter & Turner at Kilnhurst Colliery
1938   Jun Loss Ill Afforded – Richard Tetlow
1938   Nov Express Imperilled By Lost Tyre at Kilnhurst
1939   Jan Kilnhurst Ferry Provides Short Cut for Horses
1939   Jan Houses for The Asking – But Slum Dwellers Decline to Move
1939   Feb Injured Head At Work
1939   Feb Stationmaster Retires – “Corpse” In Glass Case Reminiscence
1939   Mar Kilnhurst Co Operative Society (Advert)
1939   Mar Kilnhurst Cooperative Society Parade
1939   Mar Fatally Injured At Kilnhurst Pit
1939   Apr All Quiet at Swinton- Retiring Members Returned.
1939   May Council Civic Parade to Kilnhurst Church
1939   May Civic Parades In The Rain
1939   Jun Kilnhurst Industrialist’s Views – Impressions and Comparisons of American Tour
1939   Aug Kilnhurst Co-operative Society Gala
1939   Aug Kilnhurst Co-operative Society Gala
1939   Oct Kilnhurst Co-op Notice
1939   Dec Men’s Unanimous Decision
1942   Jan New Enterprise – Kilnhurst Directors Purchase a Sheffield Concern
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942 May 30 Editorial – Coalfield Unrest
1942   Jun Stoppage at Houghton Main – Second Within a Week
1942   Jun “In And Out” Strikes – Unrest at South Yorkshire Pits
1942   Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1944   Feb Home Secretary at Mexborough – Mr Morrison, Mr Williams & Don Valley Officials
1944   Mar Home Secretary at Mexborough – Partnership of State & Industry Envisaged
1944   Apr Chaos in the Coalfield
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1944   Jul Advert – Kilnhurst Co-op –
1944   Jul New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member
1944   Sep Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
1947   Jan NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts
1947   Jan NCB Vesting Day
1947   Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 Years
1947   Apr Reward for Good Work (video)
1947   May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947   May New NCB Area Welfare Officer
1947   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Awards
1947   Oct The Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back
1947   Oct Speedier Steel Melting – Kilnhurst Firms Pioneer Work
1948    Busy Easter at Kilnhurst Lock
1948   Jan Dead on Conveyor – Natural Causes Verdict on Kilnhurst Mineworker
1948   Feb Kilnhurst’s Penny Pile
1948   Mar Product of Kilnhurst sets out for the Channel Islands.
1948   Apr New Councillors for Kilnhurst Ward
1948   May Miners’ Strike Ends
1948   Jun National Coal Board New Policy
1948   Oct Going Back To Work
1948   Oct Romance of Industry – Kilnhurst Steel Firm’s Chairman Looks Back
1949   Mar Haigh Moor Seam Developments – “Considerable Life ” Still In Parkgate Seam
1949   Mar Kilnhurst Colliery Canteen Tea Time
1949   Aug Three Vehicles Bring Outsize Load to Kilnhurst
1949   Sep British Iron and Steel Trades Association Presentation
1949   Sep Licensed M. C.
1949   Oct £4 Million Coal Mine Scheme for Yorkshire
1949   Oct Miners to fight £4,000,000 concentration plan
1949   Oct Vast Yorkshire Pit Plan Ready
1949   Dec Gift for ex-Kilnhurst Stationmaster
1950   Jan Inland Dredgers – Local Crew Clearing Don at Conisbrough
1950   Apr More Coal Queens – Area Final at Wath Next Month
1951   Jan Appearance of Double Deckers
1951   Jan Double – Decker Buses – New Area Service
1951   Jan Baker and Bessemer Man In Australia
1951   Feb Pre-Accident Wages – Kilnhurst Miner Wins His Case
1951   Feb GMWU Presentation
1951   Feb Secretary Resigns – Break With Labour Party
1951   Mar Breakdowns Cut Output
1951   Mar Kilnhurst’s New Coal Queen
1951   Apr New Slide Erected in Playground
1951   Apr Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends
1951   May Weekly Coal Output
1951   Jun John Baker Challenge Shield
1951   Jun Colleagues Tributes – Swinton Presentation to Mr J Jagger
1951   Jul Not a Yorkshire Tar Distillers’ new by-product
1951   Jul Ancient – And Modern – Rockingham Pottery Site Has New Owner
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Sep Kilnhurst Co-op (advert)
1951   Oct Whitsun Output Drop
1951   Oct Baker’s Football Club Dance
1951   Oct Election: Who’s Who
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Nov Kilnhurst Colliery Officials’ Dinner and Dance
1951   Nov Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth
1951   Nov Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output
1951   Nov Stockholders Meet – Report by Mr. George Baker
1951   Nov Yorkshire Tar Distillers Sports and Social Club
1951   Nov Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged
1951   Nov Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
1951   Nov No Change but Majorities Down
1951   Dec Obituary – George Peaker
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1951   Dec Street Lighting Worse Than At Any Time Since The War
1952   Jan Lofty Landmark Falls
1953   Apr Collieries Record Yield
1953   Apr Kilnhurst’s Best Output
1957   Jan Coal Cutting Machine at Kilnhurst Colliery
1957   Jan Blaze in an Oil Tank At Kilnhurst Steelworks
1957   Feb Swinton and Kilnhursrt Rally of Savings Workers
1957   Mar Hoover at the Kilnhurst Co-op
1957   Jun Baker and Bessemer New Sports Pavilion
1957   Jun Barnburgh Pit Blast – Man from Kilnhurst Injured
1957   Jun Branch Secretary Retires
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957   Aug Killnhurst Colliery Coal Queen
1957   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports – Competitors
1957   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports – Spectators
1957   Sep Stanley Matthews Competition
1957   Oct Danish Bacon Company Kilnhurst
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1957   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party Annual Dinner & Dance
1957   Dec Kilnhurst Colliery Retired Miners
1957   Dec Kilnhurst Firm’s Share – £620,000 Order From Canada
1958   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery Officials Annual Dinner
1958   Feb Dangers of Canal Side Paths – Swinton Boatyard Owner States His Views
1958   Feb Presidency for a Bakers Director
1958   Jun Old Folk’s Centre Opening Ceremony Red Letter Day for Kilnhurst
1958   Jun By-election at Swinton and Kilnhurst
1958   Jun Wedgewood Factory Visit
1958   Aug Coal Queen at Kilnhurst Sports Day
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports Meeting
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports Meeting
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Central Station Garden
1958   Sep Get Your Hoover Now !
1958   Sep Kilnhurst Railway Station Garden
1959   Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Annual Sports Day
1959   Aug New Locomotives from Old – Conversion Factory opens at Kilnhurst
1959   Sep Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Class
1959   Sep N.C.B. Area No.3 first aid Trophy
1959   Sep Station Gardens Competition Winner
1959   Sep Work Resumed After Dispute at Kilnhurst
1959   Oct Long Service Awards at Yorkshire Tar Distillers
1959   Nov Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Competition
1959   Dec Kilnhurst Colliery Aged People’s Treat
1959   Dec Baker and Bessemer Staff Dance
1960   Jan By-Election at Kilnhurst – Two Seek a Council Seat
1960   Jan Fate Of Ten Houses – Discussed At Kilnhurst Clearance Inquiry
1960   Mar Board of Directors of the Kilnhurst Co-op
1960   Mar Kilnhurst Co-op – 1860 -1960 – One Hundred Years Progress
1960   Mar Kilnhurst Co-op – Ancient and Modern
1960   Mar Kilnhurst Co-op – First Store
1960   Mar Kilnhurst Co-op – Hard on the Heels of Original Pioneers
1960   Mar Kilnhurst Co-op – President’s Message
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Sep Pit Fatality at Kilnhurst – Miner Hit by Falling Stone
1967   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery Official’s Dinner Dance
1967   Feb Presentation to Assistant Engineer
1967   Apr Kilnhurst Offers an Expansion Site – Wheels Are Turning Again after 2 Years
1967   Nov Chamber of Trade Fair
1967   Nov Kilnhurst Co-operative Society – Christmas Prices
1967   Dec Thomas Hill Ltd Annual Dinner
1967   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party dinner
1968   Jan Kilnhurst Co-Operative Society Staff Dance
1968   Jan Gillott’s New Bar Rolling Mill
1968   Jan South Yorkshire Businesses – Danish Bacon Company
1968   Jan South Yorkshire Businesses – Thomas Hill Ltd
1968   Oct Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Class
1968   Nov Pit Strike Ends
1968   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party Dinner.
1968   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party’s Annual Dinner.
1969   Jan South Yorkshire Industrial Review – Showing Enterprise and Confidence.
1969   Apr Conservative Candidates Tour Colliery
1969   Jul Official Civic Reception To The German Visitors.
1969   Sep £2,500,000 Manvers Plan Will Be Boost To Three Area Collieries.
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1969   Dec Retirement at Gerrard industries
1970   Jan Commerce the Key for South Yorkshire
1970   Jan Baker and Bessemer Rifle Club
1970   Jan Baker and Bessemer Rifle Club Presentation
1970   Jan Yorkshire Tar Distillers (Kilnhurst) Presentation
1970   Apr Kilnhurst Colliery Consultative Committee
1970   May Road Danger
1970   Jun Rosemary Making First Title Bid
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)
1970   Jun Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire
1983 Jun 50 Playing For The Game’s Sake
   On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next