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Saved From Bigamy – Girl’s Discovery on the Eve of the Wedding.

March 1931
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 04 March 1931 Courts In Brief. False Declaration For Marriage. At Doncaster yesterday Horace Arnold, miner, of Great...

Wedding – Lloyd & Davies

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times, May 29, 1931 Cannon Sorby solemnised the marriage between Miss Elsie Lloyd, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lloyd, of...

New Reservoir to Serve Houghton

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 22 May 1931 New Reservoir. £9,000 Scheme for Jump A step toward further improvement of the water undertaking in the Dearne...

Darfield Church – A Pilgrimage from Wombwell

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 22 May 1931 Darfield Church A Pilgrimage from Wombwell The Wombwell branch of the Church of England Men's Society...

Great Houghton News

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times, May 29, 1931 Great Houghton Cricket. The boys of the Council School beat Thurnscoe by the narrow margin of two wickets. Ernest Robinson,...

Marconigrams – May 15th 1931

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 May 1931 Marconigrams The Bank Rate was yesterday reduced to 2 per cent., the lowest figure since 1909. A Swinton...

Marconigrams – May 1st 1931

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 01 May 1931 Marconigrams "I am descended from Charles II., " says Lord Ponsonby. But aren't we all? The Montagu Hospital...

Marconigrams – May 8th 1931

May 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 01 May 1931 Marconigrams "Council Sunday" will be observed al Mexborough and Swinton next Sunday. The annual brew of beer, which...

Dearne Valley Traffic Pool Adopted – 34 Years Agreement

June 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 June 1931 Dearne Valley Traffic Pool Adopted 34 Years Agreement Mixing public and Private Enterprise The Logic of Facts The constituent authorities...

Pigeons & Moths

June 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 June 1931 Pigeons. The members of the Great Houghton pigeon flying group have arranged a number of short distance...