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Marconigrams – September 24th, 1921

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 September 1921 Marconigrams. There are over 50,000 unemployed miners in Wales. The cast of living now stands, officially, at...

The Great War Ends – The Terminus.

September 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 September 1921 The Terminus. We have arrived at the official and legal terminus of the Great War and are...

Darfield Epidemic

December 1921
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 3, 1921 Darfield Epidemic Several more cases of typhoid fever were removed to the Barnsley Hospital last week in, which dispels...

Diary of the Year 1921 – Leading Local Events

December 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 December 1921 Diary of the Year Leading Local Events January 1 - Robert Ernest Machin, of Jump, Wombwell, killed in a...

Diary of the Year – Leading Local Events in 1921 – Quarter 1

December 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 December 1921 Diary of the Year Leading Local Events in 1921 Quarter 1 January 1 – Robert Ernest Mason, of Jump, Wombwell,...

Diary of the Year – Leading Local Events in 1921 – Quarter 2

December 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 December 1921 Diary of the Year Leading Local Events in 1921 Quarter 2 April 1 – Great Coal Dispute; general stoppage throughout...

Diary of the Year – Leading Local Events in 1921 – Quarter 3 &...

December 1921
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 December 1921 Diary of the Year Leading Local Events in 1921 Quarter 3 July 1 – War Memorial unveiled at Barnburgh Parish...

The Tale of a Goose

December 1921
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 7, 1921 The Tale of a Goose Last Friday, at the Barnsley West, Riding Police Court, Walter Wraith, miner, Darfield and...

Marconigrams – February 11th, 1922

February 1922
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 11, 1922 Marconigrams Will the Geddes Axe go through the screws? Most of the local collieries are working full-time. Wath on Dearne was...

Marconigrams, February 18th, 1922

February 1922
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 18, 1922 Marconigrams A Ruri- decanal conference will be held at Wath on March 4 Over a hundred head of cattle and...