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1851   Dec Awful Colliery Explosion at Warren Vale – Fifty-One Lives Lost.
1874   Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1874   Nov The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.
1880   Nov The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery.
1880   Nov Colliery Accident at Wath
1881   Apr Alarming Accident at Wath Main Colliery.
1887   Oct Accident at Cortonwood Colliery
1887   Nov Serious Accident at Cortonwood Colliery.
1888   Jul South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1888   Oct Miners Wages – Firm Attitude of The Men – Pits Set Down
1889   Jan Fatal Accident in Manvers Main Sidings – The Result of The Fog.
1889   Nov Denaby Main and Manvers Main “Top” Men.
1889   Nov Meeting at Mexbro’ – Mr. Pickard and His Detractors
1889   Dec Denaby Main and Manyers Main Topmen
1889   Dec Trade in the Mexborough Area in 1889
1890   May A Miner Buried Alive at Wath Main – Shocking Spectacle.
1890   May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891   Mar The Coming Census.
1891   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1891   Sep Fatal Accident at Manvers Main Colliery.
1891   Oct Breaches of Rules at Manvers Main Colliery.
1891   Oct Miners and their Work
1891   Nov Fatal Accident at Manvers Main Colliery.
1891   Nov Manvers Main Miners and the “Brob.”
1891   Nov Wath Local Board
1891   Nov Breaches of Colliery Rules at Cortonwood
1891   Dec Breach of Colliery Rules.
1892   Jan Theft of a Mottie at Manvers Main
1892   Mar The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Inquests
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Two Killed & Two Injured.
1892   May Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery – Two Lives Lost.
1892   May Killing a Pony at Manvers Main
1892   Jun A Foolhardy Miner
1892   Jul Miner’s Demonstration
1892   Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892   Sep Fatal Accident at Manvers – Deputy Censured.18920900id
1892   Sep Mining Intelligence – Colliery Operations in the Mexborough District
1892   Oct Fatalities at Houghton Main, Manvers Main & Denaby Main
1892   Oct Mysterious Miners at Wath
1892   Nov A Body Disinterred at Wombwell
1892   Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892   Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1893   Jan The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892
1893   Jan District Trade in 1892
1893   Feb 1893 Strike at Wath Main Colliery
1894   Jan A Disastrous Year
1899   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1901   Oct No Drag at Manvers Main
1902   May Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1902   Jun Workmen’s Compensation Claim
1902   Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1902   Sep Furious Riding at Manvers Main.
1902   Oct Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Conference of Masters and Men – Settlement Still To Be Made
1902   Dec Resultant on The Strike – Damages Obtained From More Miners.
1907   May A Son of the People
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1908   Nov Killed By Complications – Veteran Miner’s Death – Heart Failure & Accident.
1909   Jan Cut Finger Causes Death – Miner Succumbs To Blood Poisoning. Life Lost Through Neglect.
1909   Feb Mishap at Manners Main – Old Pit Set Down – Hundreds Of Miners’ Idle.
1909   May Exports Increasing Denaby & Cadeby Again to the Front.
1909   Jul Miners’ Dangers – Fatalities in Mexborough District.
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1910   Feb Colliery Offences – Many Prosecutions at Doncaster.
1910   Jun Colliery Company to Pay – Miner in Interesting Case.
1911   May The Property Market, Sheffield – Messrs. Nicholson’s Important Sale
1911   Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912   Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912   Feb Strike will Affect 50,000 People To-Morrow.
1912   Mar Disastrous Effect on Trading Concerns.
1912   Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912   Mar Reports from the Coal Fields – In the Don Valley
1912   Mar Righteous Scenes at Cadeby – A Rumour Causes Big Demonstrations
1912   Mar Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Good Work by Police – Ugly Rushes by 8000 Strong Crowd
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1912   Apr An Important Year for Councils.
1916   Jan Advert – JP Norwood – Spectacles
1917   Jan Combing Out of the Pits – “Slackers” to Join the Army.
1917   Feb Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1917   Apr Fatality at Wath Main
1917   Apr Wath’s New Chairman – Mr William Robson
1917   Oct Crushed By Tubs – Fatal Accident at Wath Main
1917   Nov Manvers Main Casualties
1918   Jan Fatality at Manvers Main – Fall of Roof.
1918   Feb Wath Main Accident. – West Melton Man Killed – Broken Link.
1918   Feb Food Shortages and Rationing
1918   Mar Fell from Aerial Flight – Youth’s Shocking Death – Blacksmith’s Narrow Escape
1918   Jun Wath Main Fire Fighting team
1918   Aug Fatality at Manvers Main – Handyman Killed and Youth Badly Injured
1918   Dec Wath Councillor’s Funeral – Death Robs Thurnscoe.
1918   Dec War Veterans Should Come Home First.
1918   Dec Wentworth Division – Mrs. Mitchell Addresses Lady Electors At Wath.
1919   Feb Advertisement – Asher’s Garage
1919   Mar County Elections. – Public Apathy. – Local Labour Successes.
1919   Apr Asher’s Garage (advert)
1919   Apr Finney’s Drug Stores (advert)
1919   Apr Sandygate Garage – Advert
1919   Apr Waddington Bros (advert)
1919   Apr Fatal Shock From Fall.
1919   Apr Military Medal At Wath Council
1919   Apr Military Medal At Wath Council.
1919   Apr More New Councillors and Guardians
1919   Apr Wath Wants a Secondary School.
1919   Apr Wath-on-Dearne Urban District Council – New Chairman
1919   Apr Military Medallist Received in Pit Clothes
1919   Jun Sale of Land by Auction
1919   Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1919   Jul Wath Main Accident – Death from Injuries.
1919   Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919   Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Mass Meetings in District
1919   Sep Cortonwood War Memorial
1919   Oct Miners In Peril. – Extraordinary Accident – Cage Overwound.
1919   Oct Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils
1919   Nov Wath Main War Medal    
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1920   Jan Hull Coal Traffic.
1920   Sep Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
1920   Oct The Datum Ballot – Heavy Adverse Vote
1920   Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921   Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921   Apr
1921   Apr Local Effects of Coal Strike – Works Closing
1921   Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921   May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921   May Strike in Seventh Week
1921   Jun Pit Pony Races.
1921   Sep Sad Accident – Father and Son – One Taken, the Other Left.
1921   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Survivors’ Stories
1922   Apr Railway Linesman’s Death at Wath.
1922   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Trade. Shipments for March 1922
1922   Nov The General Election – Don Valley Candidates
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1927   Feb Wath New Pumping Station – A Valuable Achievement Celebrated
1927   Mar Wath Council and Vaccination – “All Piffle”
1927   Apr A “Clydesider”
1927   Apr Manvers Main Invasion
1927   Apr Wath’s New Councillor
1927   May Retirement of a Wath Manager – 50 years of banking
1927   Jun Killed by Tubs – Accident at Wath Main
1927   Jun Wath Ambulance Team
1927   Sep Lampman’s Fall
1927   Oct The Hustlers
1927   Oct Miner’s Fatal Exertion.
1927   Nov Presentation to Irving Sleight
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Jan Mottying at Wath.
1928   Feb Memories of the Lundhill Explosion – Old Lady’s Vivid Recollection.
1928   Feb Marmion Soap Works – Annual Staff Gathering.
1928   Mar Market Charter – Earl Fitzwilliam’s Gift to Wath Council.
1928   Apr Cortonwood Welfare Fund – Institute Opening Ceremony
1928   Apr Civic Ceremony – A New Departure
1928   Apr Wath Urban Council Chairman
1928   Apr Cortonwood Welfare Building
1928   Apr Cortonwood Welfare Scheme – Beautiful Lay-Out. – Last Word In Recreation Facilities.
1928   May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
1928   May Pit Roof Fall – Two Men Buried at Wath Main: One Dead.
1928   Jun Crushed By Roof – Wath Trammer’s Fate – Comrade’s Narrow Escape.
1928   Jul West Melton Man Dies at Cortonwood
1928   Sep Coal Trade Outlook – Hopeful Signs at South Yorkshire Pits – Five Counties Scheme.
1928   Oct A Life of Public Service – Wath’s Loss – Mr Arthur Bramham
1928   Dec Appointed a Director of Manvers Main – Mr A.T. Thompson
1929   Jan Trackless Bill – Tramway Company’s Bold Scheme – Protection From Competition.
1929   Feb Permitted Licensing Hours – No Extension
1929   Feb  Wath U.D.C. Candidate
1929   Mar An Ideal Holiday Picnic
1929   Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929   Mar Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations 
1929   Mar Local Election Results
1929   Mar The New Councillors – Men & Women Who Won First Victories
1929   Apr Advert – Meat Famine – T.W.Downs & Sons
1929   Apr Wath Main Accident. – West Melton Miner hit by Half-Ton Lump.
1929   Apr A Proud Mother.
1929   Apr Council Sunday at Wath
1929   Apr The New Chairmen – South Yorkshire Civic Leaders
1929   May Cortonwood Trammer Inquest.
1929   May Wath Council Workman Killed by Mortar Mill – “It Has Got Me.”
1929   May 1929 General Election, May 30, 1929
1929   Jul Day and Night Banking
1929   Jul Killed By Fall – Accident During Precautions
1929   Jul An Unfamiliar Route    
1929   Jul Hustle In The Heat.       
1929   Oct “Unaccountable” – Curious Accident at Wath – Killed by Scraper.
1929   Nov Killed By Roof Fall at Manvers – Another of Nature’s Revenges – A Swinton Victim.
1929   Dec West Melton Miner’s Life Lost “Through Absolute Carelessness.”
1929   Dec Mr. William Hague – Oldest Manvers Main Official – 50 Years Service
1929   Dec Royal Rockingham – History of Yorkshire’s Only Porcelain Pottery
1929   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys.
1930   May Trapped Thumb.- Wath Postman’s Death From Slight Injury.
1930   May Too Eager To Help – Miner Trapped in “Paddy’s Mail” – Killed On His Birthday
1930   Jun Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd
1930   Aug Ambulance Work Trophy
1930   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys – Prospects None Too Bright.
1931   Jan Trade In 1931- The Local Outlook – No Great Expectations
1931   May Adverts – A.W. Thompson – Waddington Bros.
1931   Jun Yorkshire Traction Company Enterprise – Modern Travel by Road – Sunday by the Sea.
1931   Jun Dearne Valley Traffic Pool Adopted – 34 Years Agreement
1931   Nov Engineer’s Retirement – Fifty-Four Years at Manvers Main.
1931   Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1931   Dec Don and Dearne Valleys – Upward Tendency of Trade
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Apr Councillor – Archibold Fouchard
1932   Apr Councillor – Frank Bailey
1932   Apr Councillor – Frank Burns
1932   Apr Councillor – W. Popplewell
1932   Apr Election Address – George Price
1932   Apr Wath Urban District Council – Rents Lower – Cut 3d – Baths Open Sundays
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932   Jun Another Scramble
1932   Jun Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 1. The Wombwell Scheme
1932   Jun Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 1. The Wombwell Scheme (Opposition)
1932   Jun Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 2. The Darfield Scheme
1932   Aug Advert – A.W.Thompson
1932   Aug Dearne Valley Scythestones
1932   Sep A.W. Thompson – Wireless (advert)
1932   Sep Injured Miner Fit for Light Work – Compensation Reduced
1932   Sep Coal Tar – Infant Industry with Great Future
1932   Oct Problems of Poverty – Boots for Bairns – Convened Conference
1932   Nov A.W. Thompson (advert)
1932   Nov Edward Smith & Son (advert)
1932   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Hospital Drama                                                               
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Inquest Opened
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Midnight Explosion in Silkstone Seam
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Sinister Month
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – The Victims
1932   Dec N.U.R. Cheques for Signalmen
1933   Jan Coal “Burst” – “Inevitable” Type Of Accident – Wath Man Killed
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster – Eighth Victim – Boys’ Brigade Leader
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster Inquest – Fatal Seventh Shot
1933   Jan The Cortonwood Disaster – Workmen Closely Questioned  
1933   Apr Cortonwood Accident – Killed By Fall In Presence of Son
1933   Apr The Local Elections – Full Results
1933   Apr Wath U.D.C. – Newhill Awakes
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1934   Jan Rural Crafts – Hedge-Laying & Trimming – A Decaying Art
1934   Feb Presentation for Services
1934   Feb Councilor Horace Cutts
1934   Feb New County Districts West Riding Proposals Completed
1934   Feb Swinton U.D.C. – Scarlet Fever Epidemic – Amalgamation Doom
1934   Mar Wath-Upon-Dearne Electoral – William Popplewell
1937   Jan Pit Pensioner’s Christmas
1937   Feb Miner Killed After Warning Shout.
1937   Mar County Council Elections – Labour Challenge Not Successful – Party Balance Unchanged
1937   Apr Veteran Mineworker
1937   May Coronation Cottages
1937   May Coronation Cottages – Their New homes
1937   May Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
1937   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Inaugural Meeting – Huge Programme Successful
1937   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Inaugural Meeting -Judges Wait for Sun !
1937   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Novelty Race for Bandsmen
1937   Jun Yorkshire Miners Demonstration
1937   Jun Guests of Wath Council
1937   Jul To Mark the Occasion
1937   Jul “Inspection Party”
1937   Jul New Pithead Baths
1937   Jul New Pithead Baths – Impressive Addition – Last Word in Modernity
1937   Aug Killed In Pit – “Accidental Death” of Birdwell Man
1937   Aug Unexplained Wath Mishap – Derailed Wagons – Shunter Killed
1937   Sep Flood Prevention
1937   Oct Wath Fire-Fighting – Council To Purchase New Engine
1937   Nov Pit Death Mystery – Boy Crushed by Rock
1937   Nov Shunting Yard – Wath System To Be Electrified
1937   Nov Bull’s Eye ?
1937   Dec Complaints That Wath Ignores Precautions – “Havoc If Smallpox Started”
1937   Dec Cheery Manvers Main Veterans
1938   Jan Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Hill – Honoured by Colliery
1938   Jan New Rifle Club at Wath – Directors’ Generous Gift to Manver’s Employees
1938   Jan New Rifle Club at Wath – Opening Shots
1938   Jan Pit Boy’s Death – Worked While Suffering from Pneumonia
1938   Jan “Newlyweds” Have To Go Into Lodgings
1938   Feb Obituary – Mr J.W.Robson – Wath Banking Pioneer – 50 Years Service
1938   Mar Old Employees Treat
1938   Mar Old Employees’ Treat
1938   Apr New Councillor – Mr James Kelly
1938   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Pit Pony Races
1938   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Tug of War
1938   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Fancy Dress & Beauty Contest
1938   Jun Stirring Climax to Manvers Gala – Thrills of Mock Air Raid – Wonderful Day For Colliery Folk
1938   Jun Yorkshire Mines Safety Badges
1938   Jul Manvers Main Sports Day
1938   Aug Obituary – Mr George Steer
1938   Oct Bank Changes – Popular Manager leave Goldthorpe for Wath
1938   Oct New Under-Manager.
1938   Oct Safety School
1938   Nov Interdepartmental Trophy Presented to Colliery Cricket Team
1938   Nov Fatal Accident In Pit
1938   Dec Manvers Main Sports Club’s Dinner and Dance
1938 Jun 10 Diggles (advert)
1939   Jan Curios Found in Gas Meters
1939   Jan West Melton Child Welfare Clinic Treat
1939   Feb 60 years’ service with Edward Smith & Sons, Ltd.
1939   Feb Sixty Years with One Firm – Remarkable West Melton Record
1939   Mar Retirement
1939   Mar Wath Main Pensioners Annual Tea
1939   Mar Accountant To Retire – Over Thirty Years’ Loyal Service
1939   Mar N.U.R. Secretary
1939   Mar Wath Council Move to Prosecution – Investigation Committee Set Up
1939   Apr New Councillors – Alwayne Fairhurst
1939   Apr Robinson’s Shoes (advert)
1939   Apr “The Finest Set of Officials in the North.”
1939   Apr New Treatment For Rheumatism- Manvers Main Enterprise
1939   Apr According to rota.
1939   Apr Angry Scenes At Wath – Annual Meeting Uproar
1939   Apr New Councillors – Mr Allen Wild
1939   Apr New Councillors – Mr C Smith
1939   Apr New Councillors – Mr Phillip R Baker
1939   May Ben Bailey Homes at Wath
1939   May Wath Civic Parade
1939   May Damage at Wath- Smashed Window
1939   May Wath Grammar School Governors Chairman.
1939   Jun Manvers Main Annual Gala
1939   Jun Manvers Main Baby Show
1939   Jun Manvers Main Baby Show.
1939   Jun Manvers Main Entertain 10,000 – Success of Annual Gala
1939   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Anti-Aircraft Gun
1939   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Tug of War
1939   Jun Manvers Main Gala – Youth and Age
1939   Aug Accident – Inquest Told “Inches from Safety”
1939   Dec First Aid “V.C.” – Pit Worker’s Distinction Saved Man’s Life
1939   Dec Wath Urban Council Vacant Seat
1940   Jan Manvers Main Sports Club – Second Annual Dance
1940   Feb A “Load” Of Manvers Main Coal in One Lump!
1940   Aug Only Fingers Showing – Miner Crushed By Stone at Manvers
1940   Nov Coke Oven Managers – Gifts to Association Officials – Meritorious Service
1941   Jan Mr G Cook – Death Three Weeks after Retirement
1941   Jan Wath Miner’s Compensation – Judge Declines to Order Diminution
1941   Jan More Parties than Pumps – Fire Watching – Measles Danger
1941   Feb Wath Main Colliery Staff’s Annual Dinner
1941   Apr New Council Chairman.
1941   May Advert – A.W. Thompson
1941   May Advert – Ed Smith & Sons
1941   May Edward Smith & Sons (Advert)
1941   May Wood Shield Final – Wath Main take Second Place
1941   May Civic Sunday – Informal Reception at Wath
1941   Aug Fall of Roof – Mexborough Miner Killed
1941   Aug Manvers Shot Firing Competition – Winner
1941   Aug Shot-Firing Competition – Innovation at Manvers Main
1941   Aug Shot-Firing Competition – Interesting Manvers Main Innovation
1941   Aug Technical Assistant to the West’s Gas Improvement Co., Ltd.
1941   Sep Manvers Main Accident – One Dead: One in Hospital
1941   Dec Mine Manager 21 Years – Mr. H. Fawcett Retires From Cortonwood
1942   Jan Cortonwood Manager – West Yorkshire Pit Official Appointed
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942   May Back to Work – Cortonwood in Full Production
1942   May Cortonwood Strike – Trouble Over Price List
1942   May Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering
1942   May Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering
1942   May Sun-Ray Treatment For Miners – Another Manvers Main Amenity
1942   May Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton
1942   Jun Stoppage at Houghton Main – Second Within a Week
1942   Jun “In And Out” Strikes – Unrest at South Yorkshire Pits
1942   Jul Advert – Zam Buk -Tiring Days for the Feet
1942   Jul Mines Research Board Post For Wath Main Official
1942   Aug Advert – Zam-Buk – Get Those Happy Feet
1942   Aug Wath Property Sale – Beech Road Houses Fetch £2,330
1942   Aug Pit Fatality – Harry Crossley’s Brother
1942   Aug Sudden Fall – Mexborough Mineworker Buried
1942   Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – At The Pit Bottom
1942   Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Coun. T.H. Barker
1942   Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Underground Show Goes Through Without a Hitch
1942   Aug New Canteen – View of Exterior
1942   Sep Advert – Zam-Buk – Take Care of Your Feet
1942   Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened – Stirring Appeal by Y.M.A. President
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened – Guests & Pensioners
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened – Principal Speakers
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened – Top Table
1942   Oct Advert – Zam Buk – On Feet Morn Till Night ?
1942   Oct Zam Buk (advert)
1942   Oct Loss of a Good Workman – Inquest on Wath Collier
1942   Oct Pit Fatality – Brother of Boxer
1942   Oct Fuel Minister’s Visit – Major Lloyd George at Cortonwood
1942   Oct Fuel Minister’s Visit – Major Lloyd George with Miner
1942   Oct Mrs Lloyd George at Manvers Main
1942   Dec Zam-Buk (Advert)
1942   Dec Coal Board Appointments – Mr. T. S. Charlton and Mr. A. Hall
1942   Dec Strike Drags On – Deadlock at Cortonwood
1944   Feb ENSA at Manvers Main
1944   Apr Chaos in the Coalfield
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1944   May Mr. B. H. Pickering
1944   Jun New Agent at Manvers
1944   Jun Retirement of Mr J. Bell – New Agent & Manager
1944   Jul Successful Swinton Garden Fete – Prize Winning Babies
1944   Jul New Rural Councillor Coun. – A. H. Varney of Brampton
1947   Jan Former Commercial Manager – New Appointment
1947   Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 Years
1947   Jan To Carry on Public Work – Retired Councillor PB Nicholson, J.P.
1947   Feb Wath Colliery Presentations
1947   Feb Wath Main Colliery Supper Dance
1947   Feb Wath Miner’s Joint Rescue Station Luncheon
1947   Mar Former Wath Councillor – Mr F.L. Beevers
1947   Mar New Councillors
1947   Apr Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947   Apr New Councillors
1947   May Joe Baski Tours Pits – Eventful Afternoon in South Yorkshire
1947   May Splendid Service During Blizzard – Newsagents Never Failed
1947   May Five Day Week – Early Impressions Favourable
1947   Jun Wath Main In Parade
1947   Aug Tour of Ruhr Coalfield
1947   Sep Former Pitboys as Managers – Barnburgh, Manvers & Wath Promotions
1947   Sep Strike Now Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits and 50,000 Men Involved – Government May Intervene
1947   Nov Wath Housing Chairman – Couc. W. Rawlinson Resigns His Seat
1947   Nov Coal Board Appointment – Brampton To Wales
1947   Nov Housing Chairman – New Wath Councillor Takes Job
1947   Dec Number 3 Output Best Ever
1947   Dec Pithead “Flash’ Burn – Wath Main Mishap – Power House Workers in Hospital
1948   Jun National Coal Board New Policy
1948   Oct Wath Miner Fatally Injured
1948   Nov “Short Back and Sides, Sir?”
1949   Jan Threat to Mausoleum – Ancient Quaker Tomb – May Be Disturbed In Road Widening
1949   Feb Manvers Main Presentation – Long Service Medals – Oldest Swintonian Recipient
1949   Mar Just the Right Size?
1949   Mar Nominations for April Elections – Many Unopposed Returns
1949   May Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates
1949   Aug Wath Main Sports
1949   Sep Manvers Main Impressed German Mine Students
1949   Oct £4 Million Coal Mine Scheme for Yorkshire
1949   Oct Miners to fight £4,000,000 concentration plan
1949   Oct Vast Yorkshire Pit Plan Ready
1949   Oct Wath Main Men’s Objection
1949   Dec Tea Ration (Advert)
1950   Apr More Coal Queens – Area Final at Wath Next Month
1950   Dec Many Records Set Up
1951   Jan Double – Decker Buses – New Area Service
1951   Feb Wath Main Mishap: Two in Hospital
1951   Mar Breakdowns Cut Output
1951   Mar 26 Years on Two Councils – Retirement of Coun. J. Kelly
1951   May Manvers Main Colliery Sports Day
1951   May Weekly Coal Output
1951   May Whitsun Output Drop
1951   May Wathonian of Many Interests – 50 Years’ Service in the Glass Industry’s
1951   Jun Pit Rescuers at Dinner – Compliments for “Wath Trained Men”
1951   Jun Pits Output in Number 3 Area
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Aug Margaret Looks On
1951   Aug Shot Firing Mishap – Wath Man Fined £20
1951  Sep 8 Holme Moss Opens New Era – Radio or Television ?
1951   Oct Manvers Main Tennis Club Prize Night
1951   Oct G.E.C. Swimming Gala
1951   Oct Election: Who’s Who
1951   Oct War or Peace? – Mr. Paling Poses Question at Election Meeting
1951   Nov Manvers Pit Fatality
1951   Nov Miner Over-Eager? Victim of Hidden Manvers Roof Fall
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Nov Manvers Main Colliery “Paddy Mail”
1951   Nov Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth
1951   Nov On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next
1951   Nov Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output
1951   Nov Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged
1951   Nov Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
1951   Nov No Change but Majorities Down
1951   Dec Obituary – George Peaker
1951   Dec Carols Under The Earth
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1953   Apr Corton Wood Pit Fatality – Killed By Cage
1953   Apr Collieries Record Yield
1953   Apr Kilnhurst’s Best Output
1957   Jan Christmas party of Wath branch of the British Railways Association
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 1 – Half a Village Orphaned
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 2 – Horseman took the news to West Melton
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 3 – Charles Dickens Visits
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – The People who Died
1957   Feb Civil Defence Award
1957   Feb Radio Telephones in Signal Boxes
1957   Mar British Railways Staff Association Dinner
1957   Mar Hoover Dealers in Wath
1957   Mar Leeds Mannequins for West Melton
1957   Mar NFBTO Annual Dance at Wath pavilion
1957   Apr Wath Main Indoor Games
1957   May Wath Main Coal Queen
1957   Jun When Miners Went Berserk – ’93 Strike Memories
1957   Oct Edward Smith and Sons Ltd, Fashion Parade,
1957   Nov Wath Main Colliery Ambulance Team Awards
1957   Nov Labour Wins By-Election – 46% Poll at Wath
1958   Feb Driver’s Escape when Lorry Fell in Canal at Wath
1958   Jun Wathonian Honoured – M.B.E. For Mr. W. Green
1958   Jun Manvers Central Coal Preparation Plant Manager Leaving
1958   Jun Manvers N.U.M. President – B.E.M. For Mr. F. Goddard
1958   Jun New N.C.B. Appointment
1958   Jun New Signalman
1958   Jun Wath’s Queen Mary
1958   Sep Get Your Hoover Now !
1959   Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959   Feb Fatality at Manvers Main – Man dies in Boiling Cauldron – Unsuccessful Rescue Bid
1959   Feb Wath Labour Party’s Annual Dinner
1959   Mar  “Workers’ V.C.” For West Melton Man
1959   Mar Wath Main Colliery Sports & Welfare Club “Coal Queen” Ball
1959   Mar Manvers Inter-Departmental Indoor Games
1959   Apr Wath Main coal Queen
1959   May Flashback To 1939
1959   May Divisional Carbonisation Ambulance Final
1959   May Women’s Gas Garden Party
1959   May Occupation Centre – View Of The Main Hall
1959   Jun The Printing Dispute
1959   Jun Wath Main Fire Fighting Team
1959   Aug Mr. W. Green, M.B.E. – Many Mourners at Wath Parish Church Funeral
1959   Sep Manvers Main Juvenile Angling Competition
1959   Sep Manvers Colliery Sports
1959   Sep “What’s my Line?” at Waterstone Glassware
1959   Sep Wath Main Coking Plant
1959   Sep Clear Majority Decision – Coun. E. Wainwright is Chosen
1959   Sep Wentworth Candidate: A Choice of Two
1959   Oct Smith’s of Melton Fashion Parade
1959   Nov Colliery Fatality Inquest – “Chance in a Thousand” Stone Fall
1959   Nov Schools Exchange Recommended – Governors Explain Problem in Figures
1960   Jan Minister at Manvers
1960   Jan Minister at Manvers – Underground Tour
1960   Jan Minister Impressed by Visit to Manvers
1960   Jan Manvers Main Coking Plant Children’s Party
1960   Mar Refugees’ Appeal at Bolton Church Hall by Smiths of Melton
1960   Apr “Top Colliery” Grumble – Cadeby Say, “We Were Not Given Time”
1960   Apr East Midlands Gas Board Presentations
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Sep Nominated For Agent
1967   Jan Retiring after 30 Years at Colliery
1967   Feb Wath Labour Party Dinner
1967   Apr Manvers Main Colliery Social
1967   May William Sugden and Sons Ltd – New Factory
1967   May William Sugden and Sons Ltd – Opening of Factory
1967   May Development Plans at Wath
1967   May Wath Planning to Transform the Town
1967   Jun Wath Civic Service Reception
1968   Jun Members Main Officials Social Club Dinner
1968   Nov At a Glance Guide to Wath on Dearne’s Shops – Handyman’s Store
1968   Nov At a Glance Guide to Wath on Dearne’s Shops and Services
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Bates Handyman’s Store
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Murtagh & White’s
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Trend Furnishers
1968   Nov Shop Advert – W Palframan Ltd
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Warburton’s
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Clark’s & Sylvester’s
1968   Nov Shop Advert – Frank Calladine
1968   Nov Shop Advert – W Cutts & Son
1968   Dec Manvers Coke Ovens Old Folk’s Party
1968   Dec Steel, Peech and Tozer Award Winner
1968   Dec Steel, Peech and Tozer Award Winners
1969   Jan Manvers Coke Ovens Employees Children’s Party
1969   Jan New Year Part J.B. Hoyle & Co
1969   Jan South Yorkshire Industrial Review – Showing Enterprise and Confidence.
1969   Jan South Yorkshire Industrial Review – Watt Transport (Advert)
1969   Jan South Yorkshire Industrial Review – Watt Transport Ltd
1969   Feb Lord Robens at Manvers
1969   Feb Manvers Main
1969   Feb Tour of the surface workings
1969   Feb British Railways
1969   Jun Retirement Presentation
1969  Jun 7 First of the No Bank Saturdays.
1969 Jun 21 Wath Women’s Labour Party.
1969   Jul Presentation Night At Wath Mechanics Institute
1969   Jul S.E.T Tax Increase Forces Shopkeepers Prices Up.
1969   Sep £2,500,000 Manvers Plan Will Be Boost To Three Area Collieries.
1969   Sep “Flying Scotsman” at Doncaster
1969   Oct Retired Miner- Completed 52 Years Service.
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1969   Dec Manvers’ Main Colliery Presentations
1970   Jan Commerce the Key for South Yorkshire
1970   Jan Area Finalists in N.C.B. Pit Safety Quiz
1970   Jan Wath Main Official’s Dinner
1970   Jan Wath Officials Dinner–Dance
1970   Jan Albion Works Dinner-Dance
1970   Jan Enjoying His Ice Cream
1970   Jan Manvers Coking Plant’s Children’s Party
1970   Feb Merryweather & Corbett – Properties for Sale
1970   Mar Regent Station (advert)
1970   Apr Merryweather & Corbett (advert)
1970   Apr T. Hayselden (advert)
1970   Apr Yvonne’s Bow-Tique at Wath Wood Hospital
1970   Apr Cortonwood Colliery Rescue Team
1970   Apr Manvers Main Pit Canteen Manageress
1970   Apr Manvers Operational Officials’ Club
1970   Apr Fire Service Appointment
1970   May Father and Son in Wath ‘Field’
1970   May Liberal Enters ‘field’
1970   May Royal Garden Party Guests
1970   Jun Direct Motor Spares – Advert
1970   Jun Dunstan, Goff & Co. (advert)
1970   Jun Hayselden’s Formula V
1970   Jun Coal Queen Title
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)
1970   Jun Path to Westminster
1970   Jun Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire
1970   Jun Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire – The Voters
1970   Jun Voters have their say in Labour stronghold
   Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Police Baton Charge