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A “Rodeo ” Spill.

April 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 16, 1928 A “Rodeo " Spill. Phil Moore, one of the Competitors in the hill-climbing tests of the Dearne Valley Motor...

Lamp Hill

April 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 16, 1928 Lamp Hill, Great Houghton, where the annual climbing test of the Dearne Valley Motor Club was held last...

Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice.

May 1928
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 22 May 1928 Houghton Main Miners. Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice. Six hundred employees of the Houghton...

Houghton’s All-Rounder.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 11, 1928 Houghton's All-Rounder. George Fawcett, the Great Houghton man who played for Doncaster last season, is on their retained list. Fawcett...

Haulage Hand’s Death

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 15 June 1928 Haulage Hand’s Death. At a Barnsley inquest yesterday on Thomas Wistow (19), haulage hand, of George Street,...

New Invention for Safer Shunting

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 26 June 1928 New Invention for Safer Shunting Mr. Lucas Butterworth, a mine worker, of Sandhills, Great Houghton, near Barnsley, has...

A Fairy

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1928 A Fairy Doris Hanson, Great Houghton

In Brother’s Coat – Cigarette in the Mine.

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 20, 1928 In Brother's Coat. Cigarette in the Mine. "Apparently this man does not realise that he endangered the lives of his...

A Reliable Player

September 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 14, 1928 A Reliable Player Reg Galloway the Middlecliffe right half, has been with the club a couple of seasons. He is...

Could Not Remember – Blank Mind after Accident – Mystery of Cyclist’s Death.

October 1928
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 03 October 1928 Man Who Could Not Remember. Blank Mind after Accident. Mystery of Cyclist’s Death. “I have tried to remember,...