Chronicle chief reporter Jack Tolson takes a look through the archives. IN FROM CANADA FOR 90TH BIRTHDAY MRS Florence May James had some long distance visitors for her 90th birthday on Sunday. Her son Leslie and his family travelled from Pickering, near Toronto, Canada, to celebrate the event and enjoy a short holiday. Leslie, a foreman fitter for a central heating unit manufacturer, left Britain for Canada about 30 years ago with his Wombwell-born wife...

Barnsley have released 15 players including Aiden Marsh, Conor McCarthy and Josh Benson after publishing their annual retained list. The Reds’ statement says they have offered a new contract to forward Stephen Humphrys. Also offered new deals are youngsters Luke Alker, Aaron Atkinson, Kieran Graham, Ziggy Kozluk, Bayley McCann and Tom Senior, as well as goalkeeper Kieren Flavell who broke into the first team late this season. They have activated their option to keep young...

DOZENS of gymgoers exercised through the night as part of a 24-hour fundraiser for two charities close to their hearts last weekend and they managed to raise more than £5,000 in the process. The Box a gym on Carlton Industrial Estate is described as a close-knit family with community spirit in abundance. They’ve already completed an array of fundraisers true to the statement in recent months and it again came to the fore during last...

Conor Hourihane praised his Barnsley team’s ‘brilliant’ performance after a 4-2 win at Reading on the final day of the season. The Royals – after an announcement that a sale of the club has been approved – could have finished in the play-off places if they bettered Leyton Orient’s result but the London club won at Huddersfield. But the Reds went 2-0 up just after the interval then, after the hosts replied, added another two. ...