1939 Quarter 1
Fate of Historic Old Hall at Houghton
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 14 January 1939
Fate of Historic Old Hall at Houghton
One of the most interesting old houses in South Yorkshire...
Former Houghton Main Foreman’s Daughter to Appear in Jessie Matthews Show
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1939
Brampton Girl to Appear in Jessie Matthews Show
Once upon a time there attended at the Ellis School at...
Thurnscoe & Houghton Men Gaoled – Stole Eleven Electric Washing Machines
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Friday 27 January 1939
Thurnscoe Men Gaoled
Stole Eleven Electric Washing Machines
For stealing eleven electric washing machines, valued £275, Carmi Crannidge...
New Managing Director Dearne Valley Colliery
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 17, 1939
New Managing Director
Dearne Valley Colliery Post
Mr. S. G. Shaw's Appointment
Native of Great Houghton
Following the death on December 22nd...
Houghton Old Hall Doomed – To Be Replaced By New Hotel
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 3, 1939
Houghton Old Hall Doomed
To Be Replaced By New Hotel
Rector Fears Disturbance Of Services
The fate of Houghton Old Hall,...
Married In Australia – Great Houghton Emigrant Finds Work and a Wife
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1939
Married In Australia.
Great Houghton Emigrant Finds Work and a Wife
Great Houghton people will be interested to learn of...
Copping Returns to Leeds – £5,000 Transfer
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 10, 1939
Wilf Copping, a left-half, who was signed by Arsenal from Leeds United in 1934, at a figure of...
Editorial – “I Would” and “I Dare Not”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 November 1939
"I Would" and "I Dare Not"
Still, like the cat i' the adage would" waits upon...