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Motor Cycle Meeting at Low Valley

12 July 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 July 1929 Darfield Club Meeting. Darfield Motor Cycle Club had a dirt track meeting on their private track...

Houghton Main Dispute – Afternoon Shift Men Cease Work

August 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 30, 1929 Houghton Main Dispute. Afternoon Shift Men Cease Work The afternoon shift at the Houghton Main Colliery did not go down...

Darfield and Houghton Help Trinidad

September 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 13, 1929 Darfield and Houghton Help Trinidad Many people in the Darfield and Houghton district have contributed to the cost of...

Curate’s Preferment- Former Canadian Missionary.

October 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 4, 1929 Darfield Curate's Preferment, Former Canadian Missionary. The Rev. George Turner, assistant curate at Darfield, has been appointed vicar of St....

Armistice Day – Silence Amid Storm.

November 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 November 1929 Armistice Day. Solemn Ceremonies Throughout The District. Silence Amid Storm. Wild Weather for the 11th Anniversary....

Colin Pepper

1 November 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 1, 1929 Colin Pepper Mr C. Dark, an old Swintonian, sends us an interesting letter from Peckham about a Great Houghton...

Coaches Collide – 15 Hurt In A Road Accident

December 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 06 December 1929 Coaches Collide 15 Hurt In A Road Accident Swinton Thrills Surgery As Emergency Hospital Two large motor buses, one owned...

Busy and Clever Fingers.

December 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 20, 1929 Busy and Clever Fingers. A corner of the handicraft room at the Great Houghton Evening School.

Gales and Floods.

December 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 December 1929 Gales and Floods. The heavy gales last week-end have been responsible for a good deal of damage. On...

School Milk for Children

December 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 20, 1929 Very beneficial effects are reported from all schools from the new policy of supplying milk to children during...