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Cinema – Majestic – Forbidden Company

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 26, 1934  

Thurnscoe Music Festival

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 29th, 1934 Thurnscoe Music Festival Child Art The Discovery of “Talent” A Barnsley “Champion” Slump in Choral Classes The third annual festival of music at Thurnscoe,...

Marconigrams – January 05th, 1934

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 5th 1934 Marconigrams The “Royal Scot” will be on exhibition in Sheffield on January 19th. “Influenza is abroad” says a writer. Let us...

Marconigrams – January 19th, 1934

January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 19th, 1934 Marconigrams A Chamber of Trade has been formed at Goldthorpe. The Houghton Main Colliery Company have re-opened their Parkgate seam, closed...

Boxing Tragedy – West Melton Lad’s Unhappy Experience

5 January 1934
South Yorkshire Times January 5th, 1934 Boxing Tragedy West Melton Lad’s Unhappy Experience Fatal Knock-Out Joe Darby, the clever young West Melton boxer, had an unhappy experience at...

Boxing Tragedy – Joe Darby Exonerated – Magnanimous Father

12 January 1934
South Yorkshire Times, January 12th, 1934 Boxing Tragedy Joe Darby Exonerated Magnanimous Father A tragic boxing match at Blackpool on Boxing Night in which Jabez Johnson (24) of...

The Farmer’s Bier

February 1934
South Yorkshire Times, February 16th, 1934 The Farmer’s Bier The body of Mr. George Massingham, of West Melton, borne by his own wish to interment on...

A Wath Matriarch – Head of Five Generations

February 1934
South Yorkshire Times, February 23rd, 1934 A Wath Matriarch Head of Five Generations On this photograph are represented five generations of one family. Mrs. Elizabeth Marklew, 85, 9,...

Four Generations – Brampton Veteran – 2 Big Thrills in 83 Years

February 1934
South Yorkshire Times, February 2nd, 1934 Four Generations Brampton Veteran Two Big Thrills in 83 Years Here are four generations – all interested in the “South Yorkshire Times,”...

Presentation for Services

February 1934
South Yorkshire Times, February 23rd, 1934 Presentation for Services As a token of esteem and appreciation of services rendered Mr. Edmund Senior, of Osmaston House, Station...