1903

Index

Week 1 – January 2nd
Bag Muck Strike and Denaby Evictions
A Good Meal for 1500 Little Ones – Feeding the Hungry.
Denaby and Cadeby miners – Special Appeal for Assistance.
Denaby’s Christmas
Final “Ultimatum” Issued by the Colliery Company.
New Years Gift – Notice of Ejectment
The Evictions of 1885

Carrying Water on the Footpath at Conisborough
Denaby United

Jan 02 – Denaby United 1 Chesterfield Reserves 1
Jan 02 – Sheffield United Reserve 4 Denaby United 1

Week 2 – January 9th

Mass Meeting of the Men – Friday – Progress of the Struggle
Mass Meeting of the Men – Monday – Ready for the Ejectments – “Fight On Fight On.”
The Daily Evictions (pictures on each page)
Day 1 – Eviction Orders Executed – Distressing Scenes – “come along with mammy”
Day 2 – Rain Came Tumbling Down in Sheets – “Can you spare a Copper Sir?”
Day 3 – Considerable progress with the Work – Array of Empty Houses
Day 4 – Evictions Ended – 750 families ejected – Importation of Fresh Labour ?

The Denaby Main Evictions – Sheffield Daily Telegraph (picture)
The Editorial Comments

Denaby Notes – “Mammy where shall we go ?”
Important Developments
Sidelights of the Strike – Families Accomodated at Schools and Tithe Barn