1928
Lighted Streets
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 20, 1928
Lighted Streets
The main road in Swinton is the least lighted street in the town.
Excepting at one or two...
Swinton Club Entered – Looking for Prison.
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 6, 1928
Swinton Club Entered.
Looking for Prison.
Ernest Metcalfe (35). a miner, of Swinton, was bound over in the sum of...
Swinton Woman’s Death – Found Hanging in Outhouse.
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 13, 1928
Swinton Woman's Death.
Found Hanging in Outhouse.
Mr. Kenyon Parker held an inquest in the Swinton Library on Monday on...
Stolen Turnips – Swinton Man Fined.
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 20, 1928
Stolen Turnips.
Swinton Man Fined.
For having stolen seven turnips, valued 1 shilling, from a field belonging to Thomas Sharpley,...
Deadly Don – Schoolboy Snatched away by River
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1928
Deadly Don
Mexborough Schoolboy Snatched away by River
The Rotherham West Riding Constabulary are searching for the body of Walter...
The Beloved Vagabond
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 24, 1928
The Beloved Vagabond
Mrs L Hill 82, Charles Street, Swinton has a tame jackdaw which is as clever a...
Boat Building Looking Up
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 24, 1928
Boat Building Looking Up
The local industry of canal boat building, once a thriving contributor to the prosperity of...
‘Shadows of Strife.”
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 24, 1928
'Shadows of Strife."
Mr John Davison, of Piccadilly, whose strike play “ Shadows of Strife," is to be produced...
The Swinton Players – Performance of Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 17 February 1928
The Swinton Players.
Performance of Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”
In choosing “Pygmalion” for their third production of season,...
Bus Fire – Thrill for Passengers
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 08 March 1928
Bus Fire.
Thrill for Passengers at Mexborough.
Last evening there was some excitement Swinton Road. Mexborough, when a...