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DONATION: Mayor Mick Stowe, his wife Elaine, and authors Ian Harley and Melvyn Lunn.
Book ‘a reference to Barnsley’s past’
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Revised listing granted to historic monument
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TRUE CRIME HISTORY: Yorkshire's Murderous Women
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Book dedicated to ‘Mr Barnsley’ released
UNVEILED: The memorial stone for Sgt Ian McKay outside the town hall.
Soldier’s memorial stone unveiled
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Somme artwork reinstalled ahead of Remembrance Sunday
Henry Poxon’s London Gazette obituary from 1916.
War hero’s medal search commences
Sir Michael Parkinson, Don Booker and Dickie Bird
Memories of Barnsley: Revisiting issue six, Don Booker writes of Sir Michael Parkinson and his early days as a Chronicle Reporter
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Memories of Barnsley: Ken Gambles looks back at his trainspotting days as a youngster in Cudworth
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Memories of Barnsley: From Barnsley Basin to Smithies Lane
Main image for TRUE CRIME HISTORY: More Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Barnsley
TRUE CRIME HISTORY: More Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Barnsley
Main image for From the Archives: Here’s what made the news in….August 1976
From the Archives: Here’s what made the news in….August 1976
Main image for From the archives: A housewarming party with the flying Doctor
From the archives: A housewarming party with the flying Doctor
Main image for Panamanian impostors, African soldiers and tragic deaths: a look back at Barnsley’s boxing golden age
Panamanian impostors, African soldiers and tragic deaths: a look back at Barnsley’s boxing golden age
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Boxing legacy on display

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