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Coronation Queen

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 Coronation Queen Violetta Cade, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Cade, Middleton, Little Houghton, has by the popular...

Golden Wedding – 30 Times at Blackpool

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937 Golden Wedding Mr and Mrs William James Gawthorpe, of Highfield range, Darfield, will celebrate their golden wedding tomorrow, are...

Houghton’s Little Queen

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937 Houghton’s Little Queen A scene after Mrs A Francis (in fur coat) had crowned Violetta Cade as coronation Queen...

Wedding

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 21, 1937 Miss Muriel Lawrence, 15 Rotherham Rd, Great Houghton, and Mr William Mellor at Darfield Parish Church.

Engaged to Well-Known Rugby Player

June 1937
Engaged to Well-Known Rugby Player The engagement is announced oF Miss Phyllis Francis, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Francis, the Cottage, Little Houghton,...

Great Houghton Council School Gymnastics

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Exhibition of gymnastics at the Great Houghton Council school

Great Houghton Council School Dancing

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Dancing at the Great Houghton Council School

Attempts To Wreck Machinery

July 1937
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 01 July 1937 Attempts To Wreck Machinery Serious complaints are made of what is described as “deliberate wrecking” at South Yorkshire...

Strike After Settlement

July 1937
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 29 July 1937 The settlement the pit boys' dispute had a reaction Houghton Main Colliery, yesterday, when the haulage hands in...

Middlecliffe Field Day

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 3, 1937 Middlecliffe Field Day A group of officials and children who took part in village festivities at Middlecliffe on Saturday.