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Canal Lock re Conditioning

June 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times June 17, 1927 Canal Lock re Conditioning Two interesting photographs of a comparatively rare engineering operation, the reconditioning of a canal lock,...

Stationmaster Appointed to Congleton

June 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 3, 1927 Swinton Stationmaster Appointed to Congleton Mr Samuel Palfreyman, stationmaster at the LMS station, Swinton, has been appointed stationmaster at Congleton,...

Local Industries

July 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 22, 1927 Local Industries The Cadeby colliery was sunk in 1894, and in recent years both at Denaby and Cadeby there...

Father’s Complaint at Inquest On Son

November 1927
Sheffield Independent - Monday 07 November 1927 Father’s Complaint at Inquest On Son. That the bad stale of the road on the hill of Wentworth...

Died At Work – Rotherham Miners Tragic End

November 1927
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 30 November 1927 Died At Work. Rotherham Miners Tragic End. An inquest held at Parkgate, yesterday, Joe Muscroft, aged 37. miner,...

Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927

December 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 30 December 1927 Don and Dearne Valleys. Collieries Average a Five-Day Working Week For the Year. In the industrial region...

Ex-Service Man’s Loss.

December 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 03 December 1927 Ex-Service Man’s Loss. County Court Sequel to Business Bargain. Said to have a bad business bargain, a...

Kilnhurst Pit to Work Only One Shift a Day – 1,000 Given Notice

January 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 28 January 1928 Coal Trade Slackness. Kilnhurst Pit to Work Only One Shift a Day. The mining village Kilnhurst was...

“Co-Op.” Losses.

January 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 03 January 1928 “Co-Op.” Losses. Frank Spick (46), shop assistant, of Rawmarsh was yesterday, at Rotherham, bound over for 12...

Kilnhurst Man’s Defence Fails – Not From “Muck Wagon.”

January 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1928 Not From "Muck Wagon." Kilnhurst Man's Defence Fails. A fine of 15s. was imposed on Thomas Wm. Baker (28), a...