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1848   Aug Fatal Accident at the Darfield Station on the Midland Railway.
1848   Dec Accident with Threshing Machine at Darfield.
1850   Jan Ebenezer Elliott
1883   Apr Fatal Accident to A Child At Darfield
1888   Jul Frightful Accident at the Darfield Main Colliery – Two Lads Shockingly Mangled
1892   Jun Darfield Drowning Case – Body Found
1892   Jun Darfield Drowning Case – Inquest
1898   Apr Stephen Seal. J.P., Darfield.
1904   Apr Obituary – Councillor Lazenby of Darfield.
1907   Jan Found in the Canal at Wombwell
1907   Feb Drowning Inquests – Jury Complaints
1907   Mar Wombwell Railway Tragedy – Two Brothers Cut To Pieces
1907   Apr Darfield Urban Council Chairman – Mr S Taylor
1909   Oct Darfield Child Fatally Scalded
1911   May Death of Mr. Halmshaw.
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – Eagerly Awaited in South Yorkshire.
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 9th – At Goldthorpe and Bolton
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 9th – Mexborough Loyalty
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 9th – At Wath upon Dearne
1912   Jul The Royal Visit – July 8th – Striking Incident at Conisborough – King in the Tower
1916   Nov Darfield Military Wedding
1917   Nov Darfield Boy Electrocuted
1918   Jan Run Over By Motor Char-A-Banc
1918   Jun Golden Wedding Celebration
1918   Jun Royal Red Cross Award for Darfield Nurse
1919   Apr Bridegroom’s Lost Voice.
1919   Jul Celebrations in the District
1919   Jul The Festivities at Darfield
1919   Sep How Railway Smash was Averted at Darfield – Alert Signalman.
1922   Sep St. John Ambulance Work Screened.
1927   Apr Darfield Couples Golden Wedding – 61 Years a Miner
1927   Apr Darfield Smash – Warmsworth Man’s Responsibility
1927   Apr Road Perils – Low Valley Accident – Child Killed by Bus – Moral for Parents
1927   Apr Wedding – Briggs & Robinson
1927   Apr Wedding – Golden
1927   May Empire Day
1927   Jun Hospital Secretary Retired
1927   Jul Darfield Hospital Sunday
1927   Jul Missionary work in the West Indies.
1927   Aug Darfield Road Collapse
1927   Aug A Low Valley Cooler
1927   Sep The Harvest Nymph
1927   Sep The Last Throes of Summer
1927   Sep The Youngest Druid
1927   Nov Bus Overturns in Field – Alarming Accident Near Darfield.
1927   Nov Obituary – Joseph Ebor Mtchell
1927   Nov Darfield’s Oldest Resident,
1927   Nov Thatcher at Work
1927   Dec Pride of Low Valley – Gay Old Goer that has Done Half a Million
1928   Jan Celebrates 77th Soon
1928   Feb Miners’ Bus Wrecked
1928   Feb Nasty Smash – Miners Bus Overturned at Darfield Cross Roads.
1928   Mar Married 57 Years
1928   May Soprano Vocalist in Sydney
1928   May Sudden Death – Tea-Table Tragedy At Darfield – Heart Failure.
1928   Jun Sunshine at Low Valley
1928   Jun Darfield Woman Dies At 93 – Had 17 Children
1928   Aug One Way of Avoiding Heat Wave
1928   Oct Promising Young Contralto
1928   Nov Car Accident
1928   Nov Darby and Joan<
1928   Dec Tunstall’s Hundred – From Low Valley to the Heights.
1929   Feb Honour for Darfield Officer
1929   May Darfield Child’s Death – Miner’s Daughter Killed by Motor-‘Bus.
1929   May Road Fatality.
1929   May A Darfield Veteran – Recollections of Life in India.
1929   Aug An Ultra-Modern Nursery.
1929   Aug Children’s Corner – Molly Gardner (Darfield)
1929   Oct Lady Haig at Darfield
1929   Nov “Dad’s Medals”                                                                               
1929   Nov Many Happy Returns.
1930   Jan Obituaries of 1929
1930   Apr Houghton Hall – Village Constable Saves it from Destruction – Prompt Action
1931   May Wedding – Lloyd & Davies
1931   May Wedding – Pooley & Moore
1931   Nov Wedding – Brown & Machin
1931   Nov Wedding – Randerson & Perry
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Jan An Old Inhabitant – Mrs Annie Horsman
1932   Jan Wedding – Royston & Skews
1932   Jan Wedding – Singleton & Shaw
1932   Jan Wedding – Woodcock & Bunn
1932   Apr Plucky Rescue – Low Valley Youth Who Took a Chance
1932   Apr Wedding – Clayton & Greenaway.
1932   Apr Wedding – Cox & Foulstone
1932   Apr Wedding – Durnley & Jarvis.
1932   Apr Wedding – Ennis & Betts
1932   Apr Wedding – Lowe & Bisby
1932   Apr Wedding – Powell & Greaves.
1932   May Anniversary Sunday
1932   May Wedding – Beasley & Coggins
1932   May Wedding – Belshaw & Thompson
1932   May Wedding – Fenn & Oliver
1932   May Wedding – Rogers & Park – Wesleyan Musicians
1932   Jun Bumping into Henry Bibbing
1932   Jun Wedding – Dales & Styring
1932   Jun Chosen Queen.
1932   Jul Obituary – Beasley
1932   Jul An Old Reader – Local Native in Pennsylvania
1932   Aug Golden Wedding – Darfield Couple’s Happy Anniversary
1932   Aug Darfield Man Who Rode For England – Memories of the Nineties
1932   Aug Wedding – Burrows & Gaskell
1932   Aug Wedding – Linley & Hadland – Prominent Darfield Wesleyans
1932   Aug Wedding – Marrow & Bissett
1932   Aug Wedding – Millsom & Burroughs
1932   Aug Children’s Corner – Portrait Gallery
1932   Aug Darfield Rose Queen
1932   Sep Lorry Blaze – Fierce Outbreak at Billingley – Narrow Escapes
1932   Sep Old George and yo-yo – Harmless But Daft
1932   Sep  Wedding – Thompson & Button 
1932   Sep Wedding – Powell & Andrews.
1932   Sep Wedding – Randerson & Bucke.
1932   Sep Wedding – Robinson & Bucke.
1932   Oct Waite & Palframan – Pretty Darfield Wedding
1932   Oct Wedding – CampleJohn & Gray 
1932   Dec The Year’s Obituary
1932   Dec Wedding – Greaves & Hackett
1934   Jan Obituary – Samuel Richardson
1934   Mar Attendance Record
1937   Jan Four Generations at Darfield
1937   Jan Pet Fox Returns to Captivity
1937   Jan Weddings – Thompson & Foers – Dunkerly & Cadwell
1937   Feb Caravan Death – Man’s Lonely End – Darfield Inquest
1937   Feb Darfield Cat’s Trying Ordeal – Needs Nine Lives
1937   Feb Wedding – Clements & Burkinshaw
1937   Mar Snow Bound
1937   Mar Wedding – Illsley & Thompson
1937   Apr Weddings – Beedan & Dronfield – Roebuck & Brown
1937   May Empire Tableau
1937   May Friend of Miners and Officer of the Grand Priory – Mr Robert Watkin
1937   May Golden Wedding – 30 Times to Blackpool
1937   Jun Golden Wedding
1937   Jun Weddings – Kendall & Hardwick – Croft & Smallman
1937   Jul Darfield Hospital “Sing”
1937   Aug 60 Years an Educationist – Resigns Cooperative Post
1937   Aug Darfield and Low Valley Hospital Gala
1937   Aug Dignity and Impudence
1937   Aug Wedding – Milsom & Dodding
1937   Aug Mitchell and Darfield Main Children’s Sports
1937   Sep Sisters Married Simultaneously – Taylor & Cookes – Taylor & Singleton
1937   Oct Former Pit Boy’s £30,000 –  A Yorkshire Romance
1937   Oct Parents Hinder War On Diphtheria at Darfield
1937   Oct Prize Rabbit
1937   Oct Wedding – Wardle & Durkin
1937   Nov Fashionable Wedding at Darfield
1937   Nov Wedding – Westbury & Frank
1937   Dec Greetings From Overseas.
1937   Dec Mr. and Mrs. Barlow and Family.
1937   Dec South Yorkshire Cricket League Dinner
1938   Jan Wombwell Man’s Death – Swallowed His False Teeth and Died Without Speaking
1938   Jan Pioneer of Motor Transport
1938   Jan “Lost” Girl Found – Happy Re-Union at Darfield
1938   Feb Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Ashley – Husband Tahes Half Day off To Celebrate
1938   Feb Wedding – Dunkerly & Dakin
1938   Mar Darfield’s Oldest Man – Death of Mr. Martin Stenton
1938   Apr Wedding – Broke & Judd
1938   May Wedding – Fenn & Davison
1938   May Wedding– Wall & Crowther
1938   Jun Child Drowned Darfield Tragedy
1938   Jul A Prophecy Fulfilled
1938   Jul Wedding – Motley & Pollard
1938   Aug Wedding – Marrow & Copperwheat
1938   Aug Wedding – Oldfield & Popplewell
1938   Aug Darfield & Low Valley Gala Fancy Dress
1938   Sep Car Ablaze At Darfield – Driver and Passenger Have Narrow Escape
1938   Oct Wedding – Dove & Newsome
1938   Oct Young Singer
1938   Dec Darfield Stalwart
1938   Dec Wedding – Atkinson & Walker
1938   Dec Wedding – Brown & Williams
1938   Dec Wedding – Coulson & Oakes
1939   Jan Highgate Crash
1939   Jan Annual Fancy Dress Parade for Hospitals
1939   Jan Wedding – Carr & Martin
1939   Jan Wedding – Whitehead & Gawthorpe
1939   Feb Darfield Child Scalded
1939   Feb Wedding – Fernehough & Whitham
1939   Feb Wedding – Wrigley & Nuttall
1939   Mar Obituary – Mr John Harrison
1939   Mar Mr. C. Clarkson Studying In London
1939   Mar Sisters as Rivals for Position of Darfield Hospital Queen
1939   Mar Wombwell Hospital Queen
1939   Mar Wedding – Marrow & Rostand
1939   Apr Volunteers Of The Nineties – Smart Young Darfield Soldiers
1939   Apr Wedding – Beardshall & Westerman
1939   Apr Wedding – Simpson & Beaumont
1939   Apr Wedding – Smallman & Clarke
1939   Apr Wedding – Sorrell – Millington
1939   Apr Darfield’s hospital Queen.
1939   May Wedding – Smith & Ogley
1939   May Wedding – Timmins & Palmer
1939   Jun Pit Lad Wins Scholarship – From Billingley To Oxford
1939   Jun Wedding – Greenwood & Hague
1939   Jun Wedding – Harry & Jenkins
1939   Jun Wedding – Short & Williams
1939   Jun Royal Visit – Great Day for Darfield – Wombwell Gets a Glimpse
1939   Jul Degree Success
1939   Jul Eighty Now
1939   Jul Honours Degree
1939   Jul Relics of Old Darfield at Great Houghton
1939   Aug Golden Wedding – Couple Who Nearly Forgot
1939   Aug Obituary – Jonas Myers
1939   Aug Obituary – Mr Paul Fellows
1939   Aug Wedding – Dove & Taylor
1939   Aug Wedding – Goodyear & Nichols
1939   Sep Early Morning Crash – Darfield Cyclist Killed – Gas Masks Causes Accident?
1939   Sep Obituary – Draper Who Became a Farmer
1939   Oct 90 Not Out – Party for Low Valley’s G.O.M. “Play-Boy ” Aims at 100
1939   Oct Young Aircraftsmen – Peep Into Darfield “Shadow Factory”
1939   Nov Two Golden Weddings – Mr and Mrs Royston & Mr and Mrs Shreeve
1939   Nov Won Silver Medal
1939   Nov Wedding – O’Keefe & Pearson Roebuck
1939   Dec Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs White
1940   Jan Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck” – Nine Hurt In Road Smash
1941   Jan Wedding – Andrews & Wainwright
1941   Mar Woman’s Body in Dearne – Darfield Search Ended – Verdict Of “Found Drowned”
1941   Mar Wedding – Hayes & Turp
1941   Mar Wedding – Pearce & Bisby
1941   Apr Wedding – Hoburn & Newsome
1941   May Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Parry
1941   Jun Two Saved – One Drowned
1941   Jun Darfield Heroin
1941   Jul Wedding – Wainwright & Fryer
1941   Jul Wedding – Wistow & Gaskell
1941   Oct Wedding – Ward & Dyson
1942   Jan Obituary – Mr. T. Harding – Former Darfield Headmaster
1942   Apr Wedding – Barnes & Sayles
1942   Apr Wedding – Marley & Turton
1942   Apr Wedding – Watson & Harnett
1943   Jan Wedding – Hirst & Bouskill
1943   Jan Wedding – Rushforth & Bladen
1944   Jan Wedding – Finean & Fisher
1944   Feb Notable Service at Darfield
1944   Feb Wedding – Rollinson & Bedford
1944   Jun 0bituary – Doctor Baxter
1947   Jan American Visitors
1947   May Headmaster to Administer National Health Act
1947   Aug Called Up
1947   Nov Village Haunted – ‘Ghost’ Sounds Like Owl
1949   Jan Proud of His Medal
1949   Sep Mexborough Nonagenarian is Native of Darfield
1951   Nov Thurnscoe Man in Middlecliffe Mishap
1957   Jan Wedding – Oxley – Wilson
1957   Feb Barn Fire at Billingley
1957   Mar Darfield Sailor – Might Have Been a Footballer
1957   Jun Home Destroyed by Fire
1957   Jul Wedding – Ibbotson & Hedley
1957   Oct Darfield ‘Youth In Boys’ Naval Service
1957   Oct Young Darfield Student Nurse Wins Singing Prize
1957   Nov Golden Weddng – Mr & Mrs Hartshorne – Four Sisters to Share Day
1958   Jan Weddings – Hinchcliffe & Robinson – Gaskell & Bradley
1958   Feb Great Sorrow – Grief at Loss of Mark Jones – Tragic Impact of Munich Disaster
1958   Feb Mark Jones Promised to be at Reception – Tomorrow’s Bride Told Brother is Dead
1958   Feb Munich Disaster (videos)
1958   Jul Wedding – Beaumont & Clayton
1958   Jul Wedding – Pearce & Roebuck
1958   Sep Serving in H.M.S.Terror
1958   Sep Wedding – Drinkwater & Shepherd
1959   Jan Wedding – Walker & Limb
1959   Jan Golden Memories – Bet That Made Couple’s Reunion Possible
1959   Mar Road Safety Queen
1959   Apr Recovered the body of a Wombwell boy.
1959   Apr Wedding – White & Peirson
1959   Apr Wedding – Walton & Simms
1959   May Gifted Boy Dancer from Darfield
1959   Aug Wedding – Thompson & Harper
1959   Aug Wedding – Smith & Venables
1959   Aug Wedding – Williams & Roach
1959   Sep Wedding – Hadley & Parkin
1959   Sep Wedding – Smith & Blunt
1959   Sep Wedding – Stinson & Crossley
1959   Nov Wedding – Glover & Jackson
1959   Nov Remembrance Day Service
1960   Jan Four Generations at Low Valley
1960   Jan Wedding – Grimshaw & Hill
1960   Mar Presentation to Mr & Mrs W Paling
1960   Mar Death Of Rev. H. Drown – Former Darfield Rector
1960   Mar Wedding – Greaves & Tongue
1960   Mar Wedding – Spencer & Dainty
1960   Mar Dearne Boys Captain Plays for England this Saturday
1960   Apr One Killed in Mishap at Darfield
1960   Aug Wedding – Brown & Davies
1960   Aug Wedding – Clarke & Rymer
1960   Sep Wedding – Wyre & Glover
1967   Mar Weddings – Gosling & Penaluna – Dearealy & Parkin – Taylor & Gethen
1967   Dec Wedding – Bradbury & Smith
1968   Apr Singing Talent
1968   Sep Wedding – Shaw & Nettleton
1968   Oct Wedding – Birch & West
1968   Oct Wedding – Rodgers & Clifford
1969   Mar Pupils At Council Meeting
1969   Apr The Winner Of a Unit Suite
1969   Apr Wedding- Arkley & Schofield
1969   Sep Retired After 48 Years Service.
1969   Sep There Were Cups Galore- Darfield Garden Flower Shop.
1969   Oct Wedding – Brown & Holloway
1969   Aug Wedding- Binns & Lane.
1970   Apr “Matinee Princess” Dancers Big Day
1970   Apr Matinee Princess 1970
1970   Apr Wedding – Fisher & Fereday
1970   Apr Wedding – Hopson & Turner
1970   May Blonde Irene Will Join Minstrel Dancers
1970   Jun They Even Came From Canada
1970   Jul Wedding – Hanson & Winstanley
1970   Jul Wedding – Joss & Mills
1989  Aug 5 Darfield Emigrant in “Peach Land” – Three Years in U.S.