1922

January

In January 1922 there are reports of “gob” fires in Denaby Main mine
The Urban Council debate an heavy infant mortality, sewage works, the milk question, rural libraries and “that German Gun”
At the Doncaster Guardians the distress of ConiIfsborough glass workers is raised & Buster Keaton is on at the Denaby Empire Palace
The annual meeting of the Denaby Main Institute is reported & there’s a report of a planned bridge to avoid the Denaby Level Crossing
The Denaby War Memorial is unveiled & census reveals more people in Conisbrough than Mexborough
A shocking tragedy at nearby Mexborough & pit hands prosecuted for stealing fruit & bread
United are sixth in the Midland league with a fine victory over Wednesday reserves

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February

The Conisborough Urban Council meeting in February 1922 debates milk prices and “Beautiful” Sewage and the Vicar mentioned the North West Pillar in his sermon
Denaby and Cadeby Cricket ball is a record success
with a brilliant display of coloured dresses and a debate as to whether foxtrots or valses are the modern tendency
Arthur Roberts is elected to the West Riding County Council
A major scandal emerges
when a former curate at Denaby Main commits suicide with a woman in a Nottingham hotel after consuming champagne and cyanide, and they both end in a pauper’s grave
Fullerton Hospital is flourishing
despite bad economic times
United slump
during February losing three games without scoring

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March

In March 1922 there is a harrowing account of conditions in Russia
by a Conisborough aid worker
A 16 year old Denaby Boy Scout is picked to visit Buckingham Palace
because of proficiency badges and working in a coal mine
The new Conisborough Urban Council
receive differing tenders for 41 new houses
Two more Suicides hit the headlines
both through ill health of the victims
and a man is sentenced to jail for defrauding the Guardians
with a ” cowardly act.”
Ups and downs for Denaby United as they suffer a 6-0 defeat by Wednesday reserves
But reverse the same score over Rotherham County Reserves.

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April

A local teacher of music is involved in a motor crash
On the Great North Road in April 1922
There are ‘Unearthly Noises’ on the streets of Denaby Main
As hawkers peddle goods, including fish heads and corners of beef
Conisborough Musical Society perform Elgar’s “King Olaf”
To a small audience at the Globe Picture Theatre
A Conisborough widow prefers prison to the workhouse
And there’s a fine for a Conisborough miner fighting with other Irishmen
Denaby United finish the season with a flourish
With another 6-0 win over Wombwell

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May

In May 1922 a horse found its way into the greengrocers in Church Street in Conisborough
A new Institute is to be built between the football and cricket grounds at Denaby
The Parish Church holds a ‘Beautiful Musical’ and the Catholic Church hold their May festival at Denaby
A domestic servant is given another chance and pit hands are summoned for playing football
We have the full football results for United and other local teams and the final Midland league table and there is need for ‘Plain Speaking’ at United’s Annual Meeting
The Local Election Results are published and Labour loses ground

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June

Albert Gulliford adds an Economical Shovel to his patented inventions in June 1922
A fatal accident at Cadeby, after a fall of coal and a fractured skull
Unemployment in South Wales results in a Welsh colony in Denaby, as men from that area attempt to find work, some walking here and back
Denaby Woods are closed after widespread damage by fire
A former Station Road Headmaster dies
Boys attempt to take Swans eggs, and a claim for compensation for ‘Dancing Eye’ is made
There’s a picture of the Whitsuntide processions, and Harry Cranidge retains his Yorkshire title

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July

In July 1922 the youn Conisborough Urban Council hears about the appalling housing conditions in Conisborough and a miner who hanged himself
A Conisborough relief worker tells us about Asiatic Russia and Cadeby remembers the anniversary of the disaster 10 years before.
The popular Chief Engineer to the Collieries, passes away and the courts hear the story of the lost violin
The vicar of Conisborough receives the Denaby Catholics and explains the history of the Norman Church
There’s a garden fete in the Castle Grounds and United are reducing the admission prices.

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August

The Hospital Sunday is held on a glorious day in August 1922 and Consiborough boasts a Ladies singles winner in the Mexborough tournament!
There’s to be a Miner’s Welfare in Denaby between the Football and Cricket grounds
Floods in Consborough are a feature of the Bank Holiday Washout
There’s a Diamond Wedding by a couple who live in “The Hut” and we hear the story of “Minnymore”
Thefts, street betting, wholedale thefts and damaging underwood are heard  at the courts
and as Denaby & Cadeby’s season ends we hear about United’s prospects for the new season

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September

And we see a Denaby & Cadeby Team Photograph
A low spirited youth cuts his throat
And Denaby welcome Yorkshire to Tickhill Square

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