Village Celebrations
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria - 1897
It was on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria when Treeton showed the way to public lighting by electricity. The power being derived from the local colliery. The cost was £900.
A dinner was held on the 6th November, 1897 and the guests were:
Messrs. W. H. Barwell, J. Dutson, R. O'Neill?, Thos Peel & W. I. Nicholson.
Mr. Dewhurst, Mr. Eyre, Mr. Townsend, Mr. Longsden and Mr. D xxxxx
Revs. W. Cowan, J. B. Edwards and A. H. Thornton
Dr's J. D. Kenny and A. F. Cook
Messrs. Bradbury and B. Godfrey
Rotherham R. D. Council Officials
Messrs. Moody, W. Moody, J. Howard and J. Brightmore
Catcliffe Parish Councillors
J. J. Robinson, Jas Guest, T. Brewer
C. Woodthorpe Geo. Morgan, F. Cable and F. Rodgers
An Industrial Pioneer
Treeton has been the pioneer of many inventions which have since come into every day use.
Treeton was the first village in England to get electric street lighting. This was made possible by the wealthy J. F. Jones, the Managing Director of Rothervale Collieries Ltd. He used his company's power to literally shed light on the village - making Treeton the envy of every small settlement.
It is on record that some of the first experiments with the Electric Telegraph System were carried out in Treeton by Sir Fothergill Cooke by whom messages were passed from one room to another.
Offsite links
Extracts from Victoria's diaries