Andrew’s Mexborough Page

A few vintage postcards from my collection.

Web site still under MASSIVE construction so please keep calling back.

TOWN WELL. CONISBOROUGH.

CADEBY COLLIERY, 1912

Conisboro Viaduct, J.S.&S.

The well at Conisborough, no publishers name

NEW BRIDGE & VIADUCT, CONISBRO’.

A postcard with a sad poem. This pit cost many lives over the years but this single tragedy cost 35 men and then a 2nd explosion cost another 53 men  who where trying to rescue men and boys from the 1st explosion.. Published by J. PETERS, Denaby

Another of the viaduct, published by local Balby publisher… JS&S (James Simonton and son)

Early viaduct postcard, published by…

The “H.B” Real Photo Series, Barnsley.

Old advert postcard  advertising HEAD POWDER I have no idea what this is?.

J. DRABBLE, IVANHOE CONFECTIONERY WORKS, CONISBRO.

Early card  posted in 1907 and published by…

R. J. Rosser Conisbro.

Entrance Conisbro Church

The castle at Conisborough, published by… Scrivens

Conisborough Castle.

I have two examples of this postcard but both show more or less the same degree of fading. I presume the publisher had some kind of problem with some kind of developing fluid or something?. Postcard postally used in 1906 and published by…

Wilson & Son, Rotherham.

Conisbro Castle

Church at Conisborough. No publishers details.

CONISBORO CHURCH

King George V at the Castle, if im correct this must have been on the 8th of July 1912 - because on the 9th the Cadeby pit disaster struck and the King again returned from Barnsley to Conisborough to share the grief where 88 men and boys lost there lives in the two explosions. No publishers details.

H.M. The King at Conisbro Castle.