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1891   Mar The Coming Census.
1891   Nov Wath Local Board
1907   May A Son of the People
1912   Apr An Important Year for Councils.
1917   Apr Wath’s New Chairman – Mr William Robson
1918   Feb Food Shortages and Rationing
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   Mar County Elections. – Public Apathy. – Local Labour Successes.
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   Oct Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils
1922   Nov The General Election – Don Valley Candidates
1927   Feb Wath New Pumping Station – A Valuable Achievement Celebrated
1927   Mar Wath Council and Vaccination – “All Piffle”
1927   Apr A “Clydesider”
1927   Apr Wath’s New Councillor
1927   Oct The Hustlers
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Mar Market Charter – Earl Fitzwilliam’s Gift to Wath Council.
1928   Apr Civic Ceremony – A New Departure
1928   Apr Wath Urban Council Chairman
1928   Oct A Life of Public Service – Wath’s Loss – Mr Arthur Bramham
1929   Feb  Wath U.D.C. Candidate
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 A Proud Mother.
1929   Apr Council Sunday at Wath
1929   Apr The New Chairmen – South Yorkshire Civic Leaders
1929   May 1929 General Election, May 30, 1929
1931   Jun Dearne Valley Traffic Pool Adopted – 34 Years Agreement
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   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   Oct Problems of Poverty – Boots for Bairns – Convened Conference
1933   Apr The Local Elections – Full Results
1933   Apr Wath U.D.C. – Newhill Awakes
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   Mar County Council Elections – Labour Challenge Not Successful – Party Balance Unchanged
1937   May Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
1937   Jun Guests of Wath Council
1937   Jul To Mark the Occasion
1937   Sep Flood Prevention
1937   Oct Wath Fire-Fighting – Council To Purchase New Engine
1937   Nov Bull’s Eye ?
1937   Dec Complaints That Wath Ignores Precautions – “Havoc If Smallpox Started”
1938   Jan “Newlyweds” Have To Go Into Lodgings
1938   Apr New Councillor – Mr James Kelly
1938   Aug Obituary – Mr George Steer
1939   Jan West Melton Child Welfare Clinic Treat
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 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 Wath Civic Parade
1939   May Damage at Wath- Smashed Window
1939   May Wath Grammar School Governors Chairman.
1939   Dec Wath Urban Council Vacant Seat
1941   Jan More Parties than Pumps – Fire Watching – Measles Danger
1941   Apr New Council Chairman.
1941   May Civic Sunday – Informal Reception at Wath
1942   May Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton
1944   Jul New Rural Councillor Coun. – A. H. Varney of Brampton
1947   Jan To Carry on Public Work – Retired Councillor PB Nicholson, J.P.
1947   Mar Former Wath Councillor – Mr F.L. Beevers
1947   Mar New Councillors
1947   Apr New Councillors
1947   Nov Wath Housing Chairman – Couc. W. Rawlinson Resigns His Seat
1947   Nov Housing Chairman – New Wath Councillor Takes Job
1949   Jan Threat to Mausoleum – Ancient Quaker Tomb – May Be Disturbed In Road Widening
1949   Mar Nominations for April Elections – Many Unopposed Returns
1949   May Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates
1951   Mar 26 Years on Two Councils – Retirement of Coun. J. Kelly
1951   Oct Election: Who’s Who
1951   Oct War or Peace? – Mr. Paling Poses Question at Election Meeting
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
1957   Feb Civil Defence Award
1957   Nov Labour Wins By-Election – 46% Poll at Wath
1958   Jun Wath’s Queen Mary
1959   Feb Wath Labour Party’s Annual Dinner
1959   May Occupation Centre – View Of The Main Hall
1959   Sep Clear Majority Decision – Coun. E. Wainwright is Chosen
1959   Sep Wentworth Candidate: A Choice of Two
1959   Nov Schools Exchange Recommended – Governors Explain Problem in Figures
1967   Feb Wath Labour Party Dinner
1967   May Development Plans at Wath
1967   May Wath Planning to Transform the Town
1967   Jun Wath Civic Service Reception
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.
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 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