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Narrow Escape.

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 June 1939 Narrow Escape. Cecil Robson (16), son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Robson, Dearne Street. Great Houghton, narrowly...

Pit Lad Wins Scholarship – From Billingley To Oxford

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - June 9, 1939 Pit Lad Wins Scholarship From Billingley To Oxford To Study Economics Eric Ashwood (22), of Pond House Billingley, near Darfield,...

Won Scholarship – First Houghton Student to University

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 June 1939 Won Scholarship. Mr. Wilfred Beevers Stansfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Stansfield, of Brampton Terrace, Great...

Methodist Missions Garden Party

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 30, 1939 Mrs R. P. Adams welcomes a "royal" guest at a Great Houghton garden party in aid of Methodist...

A.R.P. Recruiting

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 June 1939 A.R.P.—Mrs. Mary Clarkson, of Sandhill, has undertaken the duty of Recruiting Warden for the Women's Section...

Great Houghton Council School Queen

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 June 1939 Margaret Briscoe, first "Queen" of Great Houghton Council School, is crowned by Mrs. Waite, of Wombwell,...

Great Houghton School Outing.

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 June 1939 Great Houghton School Outing. Accompanied by Mr. E. Bamford, headmaster, and his staff, together with the Rev....

Royal Visit – Darfield, Wombwell & Great Houghton

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 30, 1939 Great Day for Darfield Child Guard of Honour, For Royal Visit Talk To "Colonists" Children of Darfield, numbering something like a...