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The Accrington Observer
1916
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For local research
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| Date | Name | Surname | Reason | Location | Town |
| 22/01/1916 | Esther | Yanson | Burnley Opera House, Visit Of Famous Opera Company | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Robert | Yarbrough | MP for Chester | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | E | Yardley | Accrington, Billiard Match | Baxenden | |
| 18/03/1916 | Councillor | Yates | Kill That Fly, Church Councillor's Experiments | Church | |
| 18/03/1916 | Councillor | Yates | Church and Oswaldtwistle, District Council | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | Councillor J | Yates | Church And Oswaldtwistle, Tribunal | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Councillor J | Yates | Church, Tribunal | Church | |
| 11/03/1916 | Councillor J | Yates | Church Tribunal, A Students Plea | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | councillor J. | Yates | Church and Oswaldtwistle, tribunal | Church | |
| 15/01/1916 | Councillor John | Yates | Juror, Boy Killed By Trailer, Shocking Fatality At Church, A Playmates Story | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Daniel | Yates | chemist, deceased, Church & Oswaldtwistle, Mr D. Yates estate | Sunny bank, new Lane, | Oswaldtwistle |
| 05/02/1916 | George | Yates | Father of Benjamin, Shot Through The Head, Local Soldier Killed While On Sentry Co | 7 Claret Street | Accrington |
| 12/02/1916 | George | Yates | Accrington, U.M.C. Avenue Parade | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | George | Yates | Father of Benjamin, Three From A Family | 7 Claret Street | Accrington |
| 15/01/1916 | Harold | Yates | The Guild Of Kindness, Grand Comrades | Unknown | |
| 22/01/1916 | Harold | Yates | Vi Cocoa, Competition | 65 Deardengate | Haslingden |
| 22/01/1916 | Harold | Yates | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Harold | Yates | Vi Cocoa, Competition | 65 Deardengate | Haslingden |
| 26/02/1916 | Harold | Yates | Prizes and Fun | 65 Deardengate | Haslingden |
| 18/03/1916 | J | Yates | Church District Council, Mr Clough and Brandy | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | James | Yates | Haslingden Police Court, Dog Without A Licence, Fined 7s 6d | 10 Cob Castle Road | Unknown |
| 11/03/1916 | Mesdame | Yates | Senior, Women's Co-operative Guild | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Mesdame | Yates | Junior, Women's Co-operative Guild | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Miss ? | Yates | St John's, Baxenden, at homes | Baxenden | |
| 05/02/1916 | Miss F | Yates | Church and Oswaldtwistle, A Fine Effort | Oswaldtwistle | |
| 29/02/1916 | Miss L | Yates | Accrington, Education Committee, Teaching Staff Changes | Unknown | |
| 29/02/1916 | Miss Mabel | Yates | Accrington, Education Committee, Teaching Staff Changes | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Miss Mabel | Yates | Weekend News In Brief | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Mr | Yates | Haslingden, Grane mission hall | Haslingden | |
| 22/01/1916 | Mr | Yates | Church District Council, More Gas Criticisms, Explanations Asked For | Church | |
| 01/01/1916 | Mr F | Yates | Great Harwood, Unity Club | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Mr F | Yates | Orchestra, Melbourne Employes Dance | Unknown | |
| 11/01/1916 | Mr G | Yates | Guardians Black List | Unknown | |
| 19/02/1916 | Mr T | Yates | Accrington, Alliance Mill Social | Unknown | |
| 19/02/1916 | Mr W | Yates | Church And Oswaldtwistle, Board Of Guardians | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Mr W | Yates | Secretary, Oswaldtwistle Liberal Club | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Mr. R. | Yates | Five and Thirty years ago, by old hand | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | Mrs | Yates | Sen, Accrington, Birthday Supper | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Mrs | Yates | Accrington, Woodnook P.W.E. | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | mrs G | Yates | Accrington, U.M.C. Avenue Parade | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Mrs S | Yates | Accrington, Whist Drive And Dance | Unknown | |
| 01/01/1916 | Private A | Yates | Roll Of Honour, Wounded October 1915, (France) | Burnley Road | Clayton Le Moors |
| 05/02/1916 | Private Benjamin | Yates | Shot Through The Head, Local Soldier Killed While On Sentry Co | 7 Claret Street | Accrington |
| 12/02/1916 | Private Benjamin | Yates | 11th lancashire Fusiliers, Killed In Action, Three From A Family | Accrington | |
| 12/02/1916 | Private Matthew | Yates | Son of George, Pals, Three From A Family | Accrington | |
| 01/01/1916 | Private R W | Yates | Roll Of Honour, 4th East Lancs, Killed August 1915 | 99 Nuttall Street | Accrington |
| 12/02/1916 | Rev W | Yates | An Ex Stanley Player Killed | Wesham | |
| 07/03/1916 | Rev W | Yates | St John's Sale Of Work, Saturday's Re-opening | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | Robert | Yates | Half A Century Of Licensing Administration In Accrington, New Accrington | Spinners Arms, Cross Street | Accrington |
| 12/02/1916 | Robert | Yates | East Lancs, Catholic Roll Of Honour | 30 Pilot Street | Unknown |
| 25/03/1916 | Robert | Yates | Musician, Five And Thirty Years Ago, By Old Hand | Unknown | |
| 25/03/1916 | Sergt | Yates | Rishton, Police Changes | Unknown | |
| 04/01/1916 | Yates | Yates and Thom, Seaforth Highlanders, Private T Wilson Wounded | Blackburn | ||
| 04/01/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Gale at Moorhead, 25 Mins Play | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 08/01/1916 | Yates | Sport and Pastime, Stanley and Combination Notes | Stanley | Accrington | |
| 11/01/1916 | Yates | Stanley Team | Accrington | ||
| 11/01/1916 | Yates | Football, A Clean Start, Stanley Win Again | Accrington | ||
| 15/01/1916 | Yates | Sport And Pastime, Football Fixtures | Unknown | ||
| 18/01/1916 | Yates | Saturday's football, forward failures | Unknown | ||
| 18/01/1916 | Yates | Saturdays football, deserving winners | Accrington | ||
| 25/01/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, A Rude Surprise, Reverse For Stanley | Accrington | ||
| 29/01/1916 | Yates | Yates and Thom's, Church and Oswaldtwistle, Concert, An Old Order Enforcement, A Defendant's Complaint | Blackburn | ||
| 01/02/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Stanley At Harwood, A Stiff Combat, Honours Shared | Accrington | ||
| 05/02/1916 | Yates | Accrington, Stanley Team | Accrington | ||
| 08/02/1916 | Yates | Saturdays Football, Stanley beat Padiham | Unknown | ||
| 08/02/1916 | Yates | Stanley Team To Oppose Padiham | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 12/02/1916 | Yates | Sport and Pastime, Stanley Notes | Unknown | ||
| 15/02/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, The Tables Turned On Stanley, (by Nomad) | Unknown | ||
| 15/02/1916 | Yates | Accrington Stanley Team | Accrington | ||
| 19/02/1916 | Yates | Sport And Pastime, Stanley and Combination Notes | Unknown | ||
| 22/02/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Stanley Draw At Home | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 22/02/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Stanley Draw At Home | Leyland | ||
| 22/02/1916 | Yates | Accrington Stanley Team | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 29/02/1916 | Yates | Football, An Odd Goal Defeat At Leyland, | Leyland | ||
| 29/02/1916 | Yates | Football, An Odd Goal Defeat At Leyland, | Accrington | ||
| 29/02/1916 | Yates | Blackburn trinity At Moorhead, Accrington Stanley's Selected | Accrington | ||
| 04/03/1916 | Yates | Sport and Pastime, Stanley's Interesting Fixture | Unknown | ||
| 07/03/1916 | Yates | Football, Stanley Surprise Themselves | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 11/03/1916 | Yates | Sport And Pastime, Football Fixtures | Accrington | ||
| 14/03/1916 | Yates | Football, Tables Turned On Stanley | Accrington | ||
| 14/03/1916 | Yates | Stanley Team | Accrington | ||
| 18/03/1916 | Yates | Sport And Pastime | Stanley | Accrington | |
| 21/03/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Stanley Trounce Rossendale | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 21/03/1916 | Yates | Saturday's Football, Stanley Trounce Rossendale | Rossendale United | Rossendale | |
| 25/03/1916 | Yates | Sport And Pastime | Accrington Stanley | Accrington | |
| 28/03/1916 | Yates | Football, Football In A Storm | Accrington | ||
| 18/01/1916 | Mary | Yeates | words of wisdom, environment | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | James | Yeo | brother in law of Henry, death of Mr Hy Hills, former principal of Accrington secondary school | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Miss A. | Yeo | sister in law of Henry, death of Mr Hy Hills, former principal of Accrington secondary school | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Miss M. | Yeo | sister in law of Henry, death of Mr Hy Hills, former principal of Accrington secondary school | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | Driver | Yeoman | Boxing Exhibition At The Hippodrome | Unknown | |
| 19/02/1916 | Mrs | Yeoman | Accrington, Spring Hill wesleyans | Unknown | |
| 29/02/1916 | Mr | Yerburgh | Observations | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Mr | Yerburgh | Peeps In Parliament | Chester | |
| 14/03/1916 | John | Yerkess | Aged 64, Weaver, Accrington Man Charged With Theft, Fined £1 | 411 Blackburn Road | Accrington |
| 19/02/1916 | Mr F | Yerkess | Church And Oswaldtwistle, Whist Drive | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Archbishop of | York | Archbishop of York at Burnley | Unknown | |
| 12/02/1916 | Duke of | York | The Household Cavalry | Unknown | |
| 01/01/1916 | Florence | Young | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Florence | Young | born 9th January, The Guild of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 22/01/1916 | Florence | Young | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 29/01/1916 | Florence | Young | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 19/02/1916 | Florence | Young | Guild Of Kindness | Accrington | |
| 26/02/1916 | Florence | Young | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | Florence | Young | Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | Florence | Young | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Inspector | Young | exceeded his leave, soldier arrested at Harwood | Great Harwood | |
| 08/01/1916 | J. | Young | late Mr S. Walkden, the funeral | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Messrs | Young | Theatre Royal, Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | Mr | Young | Boy Scouts Tea And Concert | Unknown | |
| 21/03/1916 | Mr C E | Young | Farmer, A Casting Vote | Nantwich | |
| 15/01/1916 | Mr J. | Young | Treasurer, Boy Scout Association's annual meeting | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Mrs | Young | Orchestra, Accrington, Helene Mill Social | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Rev Dinsdale T | Young | Wesleyan Church Rishton | London | |
| 26/02/1916 | Rev Dinsdale T | Young | Rishton, Wesleyans | Unknown | |
| 29/01/1916 | Rev T E S | Young | Rishton, Wesleyan Officers | London | |
| 26/02/1916 | Rev W. | Young | Five and Thirty years ago, by old hand | London | |
| 04/01/1916 | Sir Allen | Young | 1915 The Years Events | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | T | Young | Rishton, Wesleyan Church | London | |
| 22/01/1916 | Young | Peg O My Heart, Big Attraction At The Grand | Unknown | ||
| 25/01/1916 | Young | Grand Theatre Accrington, Peg O My Heart | Unknown | ||
| 05/02/1916 | Young | Grand Theatre Accrington, Macdonald and Young present Betty | Unknown | ||
| 05/02/1916 | Young | Macdonald and Young, The Visit of Betty | Unknown | ||
| 08/02/1916 | Young | Grand Theatre Accrington, Macdonald and Young present Betty | Unknown | ||
| 04/03/1916 | Young | Theatre Royal Blackburn, The Marriage Market | Unknown | ||
| 18/03/1916 | Young | Theatre Royal Blackburn | Unknown | ||
| 18/03/1916 | Young | McDonald and Young, Betty At The Theatre Royal Blackburn | Unknown | ||
| 04/03/1916 | Miss | Yoxall | Ladies Chain by Stella | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Miss | Yoxall | Ladies Chain By Stella | Unknown |