Mexborough and Swinton Times March 19, 1937

Diamond Wedding
Long Lived Swinton Couple

Mr and Mrs S Rogers, 53, Crossland Street, Swinton, celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary on Monday.

Unfortunately, however, neither was well enough to have any celebrations.

They were married at Wath Parish Church on March 15, 1877, by the Rev Greenwood and have two daughters, one son and one granddaughter. Following their marriage they moved into a new house in Crossland Street. Their diamond wedding celebration also celebrates their having little 60 years in the same yard.

Both Mr and Mrs Rogers are 81 years old and have not been in the best of health for some time.

Mrs Rogers attended a private school at, Newhill Wath, over 70 years ago. Mrs Rogers, who comes from a family of blacksmiths, worked on the railway and he retired from his position as a driver in the former Great Central Railway in 1921.

Mr Rogers is a member of the Rock House Old Men’s Retreat and he pays a daily visit for a game of dominoes.

Mrs Rogers contents herself with her memories which can hardly be described as dull, for she remembers vividly the Sheffield Flood and all the ensuing distress. She was nine years old at the time.

One of her daughter became Mrs South, and is well known and Swinton where she taught for many years.