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A.R.P. Drive – Public’s United Front – Emergency Organisation Works Well

September 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 30, 1938 A.R.P. Drive Public's United Front Emergency Organisation Works Well The serious turn in international affairs last week-end, following the break-up of...

How To Make An Air Raid Shelter

September 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 30, 1938 How To Make An Air Raid Shelter The sketch illustrates an emergency trench to accommodate six persons. It is...

“Bumper Fractures” – A Medical Term For Road Casualties

December 1938
Leeds Mercury - Friday 30 December 1938 “Bumper Fractures” A Medical Term For Road Casualties Giving evidence at an Inquest at Doncaster to-day on a...

Wedding – Drinkwater & Wheater

December 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23rd, 1938 This Mrs Gladys Drinkwater, 18 Milton St, Great Houghton and Mr John Wheater at Houghton Methodist Chapel

Wedding – Skidmore & Lines

December 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1938 Miss Betty Skidmore, who left the Little Houghton district 7 years ago to take up an appointment in...

Wedding – Whittaker & Wright

December 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1938   Miss Constance Whittaker, Seven Field Lane, Great Houghton and Mr Thomas Wright Junior, Woodall Road, Darfield at Great Houghton Apostolic...

Ten Years With His Spine Broken – And Then Died Natural Death

December 1938
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 27 December 1938 Ten Years With His Spine Broken And Then Died Natural Death An inquest on a man who had been...

Local Stalwart

December 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 9, 1938 Darfield Stalwart One of the best known figures in the sphere of friendly society activity in the Dearne Valley...

Retired Miner of 77 Found Hanged

December 1938
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 27 December 1938 Retired Miner of 77 Found Hanged Tom Roebuck (77), retired miner, of Middlecllffe Lane, Great Houghton, near Barnsley,...