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Marconigrams – Saturday, 28 January 1905
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 28 January 1905
Marconigrams
The Houghton Main Miners’ Checkweigh Fund report, on Saturday, showed that £122 had been received for...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 21 January 190
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 21 January 1905
Marconigrams
The Earl of Elginshire has broken an arm accidentally near the Continent.
The Atlantic rate war has...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 07 January 1905
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 7 January 1905
Marconigrams
On Saturday, Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., said “good-bye” to the army.
Christmas turkeys were sold late...
Hull Coal Traffic – The Year’s Increased Trade
Sheffield Independent — Saturday, 7 January 1905, page 9
Hull Coal Traffic
The Year’s Increased Trade
Considering the fact that during the year some of the West...
Not Happy New Year for Them
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 9 January 1954
Not Happy New Year for Them
The first day of the New Year — Friday — saw four...
South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – July to December
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954
South Yorkshire Review of 1953
July
It was announced that a new drift mine was likely to be developed...
South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – January to June
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954
South Yorkshire Review of 1953
What the Moving Finger Wrote in Coronation Year
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen...
Marconigrams – Friday, 14 September 1934
South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 14 September 1934
Marconigrams
Unemployment in France has reached its highest level since the war.
The infantile mortality rate for 1933 was...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 26 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 26 July 1924
Marconigrams
The Beckett Hospital, Barnsley, needs a regular monthly income of £1,200.
Over £80 was raised at the...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 19 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 19 July 1924
Marconigrams
Collections at a Wesleyan anniversary in Wombwell last week-end exceeded £80.
St. Swithin seems to have kidded...
Marconigrams – Saturday, 21 March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 21 March 1914
Marconigrams
Spring commences to-day (Saturday).
The business of the Winter Assizes at Leeds was opened on Monday.
A new...
The Hull Coal Trade – Reduced August Tonnage
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 10, 1904
The Hull Coal Trade
Reduced August Tonnage
The usual monthly return shows a slight decrease. The August tonnage this...
Deaths – December 8, 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times — December 8, 1893
Deaths
Bool.—December 3, at Sarah Street, Mexboro’, Samuel Bool, aged 38.
Davison.—November 30, at Carr House, Swinton, Thomas West...
Marriages – January 5, 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times — January 5, 1894
Marriages
Bird—Hallam.—December 28, at the Register Office, Barnsley, Walter Burgin, of Jump, to Hannah Hallam, of Elsecar.
Staniland—Palmer.—December 28,...
The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Traffic
Mexborough & Swinton Times — February 10, 1882
The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Traffic
The opening weather has greatly facilitated the steam coal...
Cage Mishap – Shaking For Kilnhurst Pit Fitters
South Yorkshire Times April 26, 1952
Cage Mishap
Shaking For Kilnhurst Pit Fitters
An immediate investigation was made on Wednesday into a cage mishap at Kilnhurst Colliery,...
Baker’s Panel Games Presentation
South Yorkshire Times — April 19, 1952
Baker’s Panel Games presentation
Baker’s Panel Games presentation picture, taken at the prizenight on Saturday in the Station Hotel,...
Kilnhurst Colliery Presentation
South Yorkshire Times — April 19, 1952
Kilnhurst Colliery Presentation
Beryl Jones presents bouquets to Mrs. J. Shimmings at the dinner dance of Kilnhurst Colliery officials...
All-Round Increase
South Yorkshire Times – Thursday 5 April 1952
All-Round Increase
Two collieries in the Hoyland area - Elsecar and Wentworth - increased their output substantially last...
Editorial – Then There Were Two
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 11 September 1943
Then There Were Two
Three years and three months have sufficed to close Italy’s interest in the war....
Editorial – The Real Enemy
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 25 September 1943
The Real Enemy
Mr. Churchill’s massive and inspiring review of the progress of the war admirably fitted the...
Editorial – The Battle of Italy
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943
The Battle of Italy
Italy’s surrender, a very considerable achievement for the United Nations, is not fundamentally minimised...
Wedding – Giddings & Milner
South Yorkshire Times – Friday 17 August 1934
Giddings-Milner
Miss Kathleen E. Giddings, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Giddings, 8 Hampden Road, Mexborough,...
Mexborough & District Cricket League – Averages
Batting Averages
Qualification: 12 innings. Asterisk denotes not out.
Player
Club
Inns.
Not Out
Highest
Total
Average
S. Bennett
Hickleton
19
5
109*
635
45.42
A. Woolley
Elsecar
14
4
59
442
44.20
C. Kilner
Mexboro'
19
4
101*
565
37.73
W. Chapman
Elsecar
19
3
114
549
34.31
H. Bamforth
Elsecar
18
6
61*
394
32.83
A. Adey
Swinton
12
2
74
252
25.20
G. McLoughlin
Yorks Main
16
2
101
354
25.29
F. Steel
Rawmarsh
15
3
47
328
25.23
E. Hickling
Brampton
15
1
73
330
23.57
W. Leader
Mexboro'
15
5
65*
232
23.20
A. Good
Darfield
14
1
59
301
23.15
W. Burkinshaw
Mexboro'
17
5
53*
271
22.58
T. Thorpe
Kilnhurst
17
4
80
293
22.53
R. Denton
Brampton
16
2
103*
313
22.35
J....



