1939
Wedding – Sorrell – Millington
South Yorkshire Times, April 28st 1939
Miss Doris Sorrell,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Sorrell, of Park farm, Little Houghton,
was married at the Darfield...
Wedding– Webster & Barton
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th 1939.
The marriage took place on Saturday at Great Houghton Methodist Chapel of Miss Mary and Webster, daughter of Mr...
Loss to Great Houghton– Impressive Funeral Scenes
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939.
By the death of Mr G.H. Sharpe, last Thursday (reported in our last issue) many vacancies in the public...
First School Queen
Mexborough and Swinton May 12, 1939
First School Queen
Margaret Briscoe (13), daughter of Mr and Mrs. James Briscoe of John Street, has been chosen first...
Narrow Escape.
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
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
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
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
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 June 1939
Margaret Briscoe, first "Queen" of Great Houghton Council School, is crowned by Mrs. Waite, of Wombwell,...