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Awards For Rescue Attempt
Pensioners’ “Command Performance”
197 50 Wedding – Hampton & Barnes
1820   Aug The Pottery Well and Seven Men
Drowning of a Forge Workman
Drowning of a Man and a Woman
Drowning of Unknown Woman
1838   Dec Drowning of a Butcher
1840   Jan Church Sunday Schools Children’s Dinner
Accidental Poisoning at Kilnhurst
1870   Aug Colliery Accident
1871   Aug Kilnhurst Feast
1887   Jun Shocking Accident on the Railway At Kilnhurst.
1887   Aug A Swinton Potter Drowned At Kilnhurst
1889   Jul The Drowning Case At Mexbro’
1889   Sep Sad Case of Child Poisoning at Kilnhurst
1889   Sep Sad Case of Child Poisoning at Kilnhurst.
1890   Jul The Kilnhurst Drowning Case. 
1891   Jan Death of Mr. Charles Goodinson
1892   Oct Extraordinary Occurrence at Kilnhurst
1892   Oct Vicar Returns
1893   Jan Fire in Kilnhurst
1898   Mar Kilnhurst Award to Conisborough Hero
The Jagger’s and Sykes
1901   Oct Drowning Fatalities
1907   May Empire Day Observance – Children’s Festivals at Swinton and Kilnhurst (video)
1908   May Death of Mr John Carr of Kilnhurst
1908   Oct Another Fog Victim – Aged Miner Drowned at Kilnhurst
1908   Nov Fog Fatalities – Landlady and Lodger drowned – Strange Kilnhurst Cases
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1909   Feb Kilnhurst Tragedy – Local Licensee found on Metals
1909   Apr Sad Accident at Kilnhurst.
1909   Jul Diamond Wedding – Mr and Mrs Theohilus Taylor
1909   Aug Kilnhurst Boy’s Fatal Slip
1909   Oct The Mystery of a Kilnhurst Man’s Death
1909   Dec Death of Dr. F.G. Twigg – Clever Surgeon Succumbs To Pneumonia. (picture)
1910   Jun Boatman Drowned
1910   Aug Fatal Kite Flying at Kilnhurst
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – Eagerly Awaited in South Yorkshire.
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 8th – Mexborough Loyalty
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 8th – Swinton En Fete.
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 9th – At Goldthorpe and Bolton
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – Striking Incident at Conisborough – King in the Tower
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 9th – At Wath upon Dearne
1912   Dec Death of an old Kilnhurst resident
1913   Jan Denaby Cricket Club Ball – Enjoyable Function – Noticeable Improvements
1916   Feb Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Wadsworth
1916   May Worshipful Master – G.W. Mitchell
1916   Jun Death of Mr J.A.V.N. Jeffrey – Valued Poor Law Officer
1917   Dec Soldiers’ Children Entertained (videos)
1918   Jan Heroism at Kilnhurst – Empire Medals for Chemical Workers
1919   Mar A Cinema Girl – Film Firm’s Find – Miss Lavender Lee
1919   Aug Wedding – Miss Jenkinson and Captain Arthur Baker, M.C.
1919   Sep Danger of Canal Travel
1919   Sep Mexborough Youngster Fatally Crushed at Kilnhurst.
1919   Dec The Football Breed
1921   May Kilnhurst Footballers Death – Association with Famous Club
1921   Sep Death from a Fall at Red Lion
1921   Dec The Years Local Obituary
1927   Jan English Schools Shield – Mexborough 4 Bradford 0 – Three for Jackson from Kilnhurst
1927   May Child Saved from Canal
1927   Jun Stationmaster Appointed to Congleton
1927   Nov Father’s Complaint at Inquest On Son
1928   Mar Bus Fire –  Thrill for Passengers
1928   May Pacific  Model
1928   Jun Kilnhurst’s Sad and Sudden Loss – Miss Blanche Smith
1928   Jul Boy Drowned.
1928   Jul Old Friends Leaving – Mr. Arthur Clegg – Mr. Arthur Chester,
1928   Aug Grocery Shop Fire At Kilnhurst.
1928   Sep Rescuer and Rescued
1928   Nov Kilnhurst Colliery Accident
1928   Dec Drowning Fatality.
1929   Jun Boy Drowned – Kilnhurst Child Who Slipped Into Canal.
1929   Jun Kilnhurst Boy Found Drowned.
1929   Jun Unusual Case Settled –  Rotherham Works Accident Compensation Division.
1929   Jul Wedding – Coates & Baker – Charming Wedding – Pretty Spectacle at Wath
1929   Aug Bank Holiday Tragedy – Kilnhurst Cyclist’s Fall in Front of Car.
1929   Aug Shock of Fatal Accident – Motorist Fainted at Wheel
1929   Aug Unusual Kilnhurst Fatality.
1929   Oct Kilnhurst Tragedy – Dark House – Young Girl’s Fatal Fall In New House
1929   Nov Accident.
1929   Dec Children’s Corner
1930   May Accident.
1931   May Ups And Downs – Kilnhurst Man Found Drowned – A Home-Lover
1931   May Freak Chickens at Kilnhurst
1931   Jun Weddings – “Triple” Wedding at Kilnhurst – Two Sisters and a Brother
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Jan To Enter Theological College
1932   Apr Distinguished Sons – Ugly But Kind
1932   Apr Kilnhurst’s Kind Farewell 
1932   Apr Passing By
1932   Apr Scholarship at Royal College of Music
1932   Apr Wedding – Comer & Beckett
1932   May Daring Rescue
1932   Jun Doctor’s Error – Kilnhurst Man’s Death Wrongly Certified
1932   Aug Obituary – Ned Longbottom.
1932   Dec The Year’s Obituary
1934   Jan Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs George Cobb
1934   Jan Kilnhurst Boy’s Rise – Chairman of Famous Firm – Brilliant Engineer
1934   Feb Kilnhurst Veteran to Retire – First Postman
1937   Jan Eventful Day
1937   Mar Charles Sargeant Jagger Exhibition
1937   Mar Youth’s Body Taken from Canal – Missing Over Two Months
1937   Apr Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Russell
1937   Apr Weddings – Beighton & McArthur – Bailey & Jackson
1937   May “Britannia” in Procession
1937   May A “Royal” Kilnhurst pair
1937   May Coronation Celebration
1937   May Coronation King and Queen – Schoolchildren’s Ballot
1937   May Kilnhurst Licensee  Dead
1937   Aug Wedding – Meadows & Dobson
1937   Sep Weddings – Worthington & Lundie – Thorpe & Adams
1937  Sep 3 Tragic Death of Railwayman
1937   Oct Weddings – Bailey & Broadhead
1937   Nov Obituary – Mr David Seagrave
1937   Nov 70 Years Old and still Hale and Hearty
1937   Dec Found In Canal – Parkgate Man’s Death at Kilnhurst
1937   Dec Clever Violinist
1938   Jan Last Tribute to CounT Beighton – Funeral at Kilnhurst – Many Mourners
1938   Jan Wedding – Fletcher & Hart
1938   Feb Wedding – Goodwin & Allinson
1938   Mar Wedding – Black & Baker – Kilnhurst Steel Manufacturer’s Son
1938   May Four Generations of a Kilnhurst Family
1938   Jun Wedding – Woodcock & Drower
1938   Jul Wedding – Shepherd & Young
1938   Jul Wedding – Wignill & Barraclough
1938   Aug Wedding – Rodgers & Whitfield
1938   Sep Obituary – Frederick Hinchcliffe – Ship Hotel Licensee
1938   Sep Wedding – Vickers & Smith
1938   Oct Wedding – Read & Brewster
1938   Nov Express Imperilled By Lost Tyre at Kilnhurst
1938   Dec Wedding – Nixon & Jackson
1938   Dec Wedding- Parnham & Holland
1939   Jan Deaf Man Killed By Train – Tragedy While Taking Dog For Walk
1939   Jan Kilnhurst Ferry Provides Short Cut for Horses
1939   Feb Injured Head At Work
1939   Feb Kilnhurst Woman taken to Hospital with Broken Ribs at Cup Tie
1939   Apr A.R.P Social And Dinner
1939   Apr Married On Sunday – Pretty Ceremony At Kilnhurst.
1939   Apr Wedding – Senior & Honeyman
1939   Jun Unusual Adjournment During Inquest on Kilnhurst Man
1939   Aug Octogenarian’s Birthday.
1939   Sep Mexborough Montagu – The Week’s Casualty List
1939   Nov Obituary – Mr L Saxton
1939   Dec Wedding – Sales & Oliver
1940   Jan Kilnhurst Drowning Tragedy – One Life Saved, One Lost
1940   Jan Wedding – Windle & Ibbotson
1940   May Soldiers – Williams, Bernard, Jack & George – “Army Life is Great” (pictures)
1940   May Soldiers – Williams, George – Life Story
1940   Nov Obituary – Mr Joseph Tingle
1941   Jan Wedding – Dawson & Sharratt
1941   Jan Wedding – Dawson & Sharratt
1941   Mar Obituary – Mr. W. H. Rix – Former Swinton Councillor
1941   Apr Wedding – Elliott & Broadbent
1941   Apr Wedding – Frith & Hirst
1941   Jun Wedding – Oliver & Smedley
1941   Jun Wedding – Armitage & Lanceley
1941   Jun Wedding – Hague & Bostock – Baker & Bessemer Bridegroom
1942   Jan Wedding – Burkinshaw & Burton
1942   Jan Wedding – Firth & Wilkinson
1942   Jan Wedding – Whaley & Lines
1942   Apr Obituary – Mr T Palfreyman
1942   Apr Degree Success.
1942   Aug Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Spencer
1942   Aug Retirement After 46 Years for Railway
1942   Sep Wedding – Brewin & Hill
1942   Oct Obituary – Mr Olaf Allen
1942   Dec Fair Ground Tragedy – Kilnhurst Man Killed at Mexborough
1943   Jan Wedding – Jagger & Dungworth
1943   Jan Wedding – Pearson & Hughes
1943   Jul Wedding – Dickson & Dawson
1944   Jan Wedding – Thompson & Cooper
1944   Mar 92nd Birthday
1944   Mar Scout Week – Interesting Swinton Programme
1944   Apr Mrs. Constance Sanders
1944   Apr Christ Spoke To Sculptor – Bishop’s Story of Late Charles Jagger
1944   Apr Camping Site for Scouts – Gift of Squirrel Wood
1944   Apr Wedding – Smith & Dobson
1944   Jun Baker & Bessemer Director
1947   Mar Wedding – Best & Wilkinson
1947   Jun Bravery at Kilnhurst – Mexborough & Swinton Men Get Humane Society Awards
1947   Jun Internment of Well Known Kilnhurst Resident
1947   Aug Kilnhurst LNER Station Ornamental Garden
1947   Sep Football Pools Winner
1947   Oct Playing Field Campaign – Kilnhurst Children Take Into Their Own Hands
1947   Nov Kilnhurst Worthy’s 91st Birthday
1947   Dec Kilnhurst Don Crossing in Unusual Hands – “Ferryman” Is Woman
1948   Feb Kilnhurst Cyclists Fatally Injured – Crashed into Lorry
1948   Feb 25 Years in Regular Army
1948   Feb Successful Accountant
1948   Apr Kilnhurst School Blaze – Three Rooms Gutted in Yesterday’s Fire
1948   Jul Wedding – Hayhurst & Dunhill
1948   Oct Wedding – MacLean & Pemberton
1948   Oct Wedding – Roper & Johnson
1948   Oct Kilnhurst Cricket Club Prize-giving
1948   Nov Man Dies as Wife Has Baby
1949   Mar S.J.A.B. Nursing Cadets
1949   Apr After 26 Years Kilnhurst Woman’s Return From Australia
1949   Apr Due from Malaya
1949   Apr Kilnhurst Family Quest – £24,000,000  Bentham Estate
1949   Apr Kilnhurst Family will be Reunited in Greece
1949   Apr The Bentham Millions
1949   Jun Will Not See Son – Kilnhurst Father Died Before Emigrant’s Return
1949   Jun Back to the Navy – Kilnhurst A.B. Signs for Four Years
1949   Jul A Police Retirement – Former Kilnhurst Resident
1949   Aug Death Fall from Tree – Adventurous Kilnhurst Boy’s Neck Broken
1949   Aug Kilnhurst To Australia
1949   Aug Oldest Male Resident
1949   Sep Funeral of Playmate
1949   Sep Wedding – MacLean & Bracegirdle
1949   Oct Sick Woman in Locked House – Tragic Sequel to Kilnhurst Find
1950   Sep Obituary – Mr. William Gascoigne – Pioneer of Y.W.E.A.
1951   Feb Kilnhurst Sportsman and Ex-Soldier
1951   Feb Helped Marooned Koreans – Kilnhurst Man’s Story
1951   Feb “Has a Sense of Dancing “
1951   Mar Obituary – Mr Ronald Vickers
1951   May Piccadilly Sports
1951   Jul Mr. Ralph Burkinshaw – Popular Kilnhurst Sportsman
1951   Jul Dancing to be a Career
1951   Aug Kilnhurst Visitors to Paris for a Week – City of Food and High Prices
1951   Oct Honour For Fire Officer at Mexboro’ Ceremony
1951   Oct Wedding – Green & Hawcroft
1951   Nov Collapsed In Sheffield – Man’s Death after Attending United Match
1951   Dec Brave Kilnhurst Rescuer Jumped Into Canal Lock
1951   Dec Obituary – George Peaker
1952   Jan “They Couldn’t Weigh Santa Up . . . “
1953   Apr “Changed Person” After Accident – Puzzle of Young Man’s Death
1957   Jan Newly Formed Kinhurst Cub Pack
1957   Jan Kilnhurst Bethel Sunday School
1957   Apr Tragic Mishap – Young Kilnhurst Man Loses His Life
1957   Apr Birthday Treat for 87 Year Old
1957   Apr No Sports – But Eggs !
1957   May Kilnhurst Cubs Flag Dedication
1957   Jun Weddings – Saxton & Hines – Cavill & Heeds
1957   Aug Marriage – Rawson & Hobson
1957   Sep Wedding – Fairhurst & Hill
1957   Oct “Golden” in Canada for former Kilnhurst couple
1957   Nov Blaze: Boy Saved By Brave Mother
1957   Nov Body Recovered from the Canal
1957   Nov Kilnhurst C.C. Annual Dinner
1957   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party Annual Dinner & Dance
1957   Dec Kilnhurst Mother and Child fly to Sierra Leone
1958   Jan Fire at Hooton Roberts
1958   Jan Golden Wedding and Four Generations
1958   Jan Presentation of Scout Warrants
1958   Jan Kilnhurst Girl to Appear On TV
1958   Jan Police Drag the Canal in Vain
1958   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery Officials Annual Dinner
1958   Jan Big Scout Night at Kilnhurst
1958   Aug Empress “Dream Girl” Contest
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports Meeting
1958   Oct
1958   Oct Wedding – Moorhouse & Healey
1958   Dec Wedding – Dawson & Dunstan
1959   Feb Wedding – Pearson & Hattersley
1959   Feb Wedding – Smith & Hague – Kilnhurst Landlord’s Daughter Married
1959   Mar Kilnhurst Amateur Theatrical Society Annual Dinner Dance
1959   Apr Licensed Victuallers Association Dinner Dance
1959   Apr Wedding – Edgeley & Megson
1959   Apr Wedding – Dungworth & Stacey
1959   Apr Wedding– Flannery & Dutchman
1959   May Local Accident Statistics
1959   May Wedding- Sykes & Beighton
1959   Aug A “Silver” and a “21st” – Bentham
1959   Sep Wedding – Watson & Langford
1959   Oct Wedding – License & Havenhand
1959   Nov Fire at Heywood’s Farm
1959   Nov Wedding – Shaw & Blaver
1959   Dec Wedding – Jarvis & Johnson
1959   Dec Wedding – License & Vickerage
35th Rotherham Brownies and Guides
1960   Jan Presentation to Kilnhurst Publican
1960   Jan Kilnhurst Bethel Methodist Church Scholars
1960   Mar Wedding – Smith & Dowey
1960   Apr 90th Birthday Party
1960   Apr Wedding – Bennett & Hattersley
1960   Apr Daily Training brings Cross-Country Runner to Peak Fitness
1960   May Kilnhurst Man to Work For N.S.P.C.C.
1960   Aug Drowning Fatality At Kilnhurst Pond
1960   Aug Split Second Decision Saved his Friend’s Life
1960   Aug Tanker Hit House Front – Invalid Boy Left Room Just Before
1960   Aug Wedding – Mottram & Havaral
1960   Sep Wedding – Dowans & Edwards
1967   Jan Kilnhurst Aged People’s Centre
1967   Jan Twenty Nine and a Half Years Service
1967   Jan Wedding – Eyre & Straw
1967   Jan Wedding – Thompson & Lambert
1967   Jan Wedding – Trout & Dungworth
1967   Jan New Youth Club
1967   Mar Weddings – Millington & Holroyd – Coupland & Brook
1967   Mar Weddings – Farrow & Allbutt – Fenwick & Hewitt
1967   Apr Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Licence
1967   Apr Wedding – Wilkinson & Smith
1967   Apr He Beat Fate
1967   Jun Ceremony at Kilnhurst
1967   Oct Wedding – Colls & Shaw
1967   Oct Wedding – Mitchell & License
1967   Nov A New Idea – O.A.P.’s Command Performance
1967   Nov Wedding – License & Dearden
1967   Dec Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Hellewell
1967   Dec Swinton & Kilnhurst Old People’s Treat Fund Xmas Party
1967   Dec Thomas Hill Ltd Annual Dinner
1967   Dec Swinton and Kilnhurst Labour Party dinner
1967   Dec Old Aged Pensioners’ Party
1968   Jan Kilnhurst Co-Operative Society Staff Dance
1968   Jan Parish Church Dance and Social.
1968   Mar Wedding – Wormand & Watson
1968   Apr Silver Wedding – Mr and Mrs Parkin
1968   Apr Silver Wedding Party – Mr & Mrs Parkin
1968   Apr Wedding – Horne & Walker
1968   May Wedding – McCall & Harvey
1968   May Wedding – Oliver & Furnell
1968   Jun Wedding – Grimshaw & Batty
1968   Jun Wedding – Wormald & Davis
1968   Jun Kilnhurst Youth Club’s Gala
1968   Jun Kilnhurst Youth Club’s Gala
1968   Jul Wedding – Norton & License
1968   Aug Kilnhurst Youth Centre Protest
1968   Sep A Swimming Lesson
1968   Sep Wedding – Stables & Cliff
1968   Sep Wedding – King & Hyde
1968   Sep Wedding – Reeder & Hoyle
1968   Sep Wedding – Walker & Tingle
1968   Oct Met The Duchess
1968   Oct Wedding – Beighton & Rose
1968   Dec Wedding – Gallimore & England
1969   Jan Wedding – Broadhead & Morcom
1969   Jan Kilnhurst. W.M.C. New Year’s Eve party
1969   Feb Wedding – Elliott & Pearson
1969   Mar Dramatic Rescue by Fire Brigade
1969   Mar Wedding – Corker & Kirk
1969   Mar Wedding – Greenfield & Thompson
1969   Mar Wedding – Nota & Allen
1969   Mar Wedding – Pimperton & Clifford
1969   May Wedding – Lindley & Swift
1969   May Wedding – Reed & Galley
1969   May Wedding – Parkin & Davis
1969   May Wedding – Norton & Taylor
1969   May Happy At His Work!
1969   Jun Silver Wedding – Mr & Mrs Haythorne
1969   Jun Death at Rotherham of Mr. Sydney Baker
1969   Jun Rescued The Rook.
1969   Jun Wedding – Jones & Turton
1969   Jun A Rather Wary Margaret Nicholls.
1969   Jun District Brownie Revels
1969 Jun 21 Searching The River Don.
1969   Jul Wedding – Jones & Moran
1969  Jul 5 Wedding- Lund & Breckin.
1969 Jul 12 Cat Enjoys travelling In Car With Owner.
1969 Jul 12 Wedding- Burgin & Newsom
1969   Aug Wedding- Dixon & Hill.
1969   Aug Wedding- Roper & Justice
1969   Aug Wedding- Wilkinson & Woodley.
1969   Aug Farewell Party for the Vicar at Kilnhurst
1969   Sep Wedding- Ogden & Windle.
1969   Sep Father Christmas In Kilnhurst.
1969   Oct Wedding- Bramham & Shaw.
1969   Oct Wedding- Foster & Sales.
1969   Oct Helping Her New Friends
1969   Nov Wedding – Taylor & Annakin
1969   Nov Wedding – Sanderson & Doocey
1969   Nov Antique High Chair
1969   Nov Kilnhurst Youth Club Party for Spina Bifidia Children
1969   Nov Kilnhurst Youth Club’s party for Spina Bifida
1970   Feb Wedding – Allan & Holmes
1970   Feb Wedding – Jones & Fearon
1970   Mar Hired a Coach for Anniversary Party
1970   Mar Wedding – Eades & Markham
1970   Mar Wedding – Johnson & Lawrence
1970   Mar Kilnhurst Youth Club at Youth Drama Festival
1970   Apr Mexborough Area Youth Project 1970
1970   May He’s Seeing the World
1970   May Wedding – Copley & Merrey
1970   May Kilnhurst Girls’ Effort
1970   Jun Verdict on Boy Killed By Train
1970   Jun Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Salt
1970   Jun Wedding – Burden & Collinson
1970   Jun Wedding – Crosby & Houghton
1970   Jun Wedding – Marshall & Nota (picture)
1970   Jun Wedding – Milner & Hurst
1970   Jun Wedding – Sherratt & Bird