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Local History – Significance of Place Names

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 October 1932 Local History Significance of Place Names About the middle of the 16th century, and soon after the...

Marconigrams – October 07th, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 07 October 1932 Marconigrams. Yo-Yo competitions are popular items of indoor "social" programmes. Last week-end there were bandit "'holdups" at...

Marconigrams – October 14th, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 October 1932 Marconigrams. There are 124 coal mines operating under the Coal Mines Act in South Yorkshire. "There," said...

Marconigrams – October 21st, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 October 1932 Marconigrams. Since 1925 a fifth of the British coal mines have gone out of production. The Mexborough...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 28 October 1932 Marconigrams. Team whist drives are the latest innovation in the district. The village church of Adwick-on-Dearne is...

The Bookworms

November 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1932 The Bookworms A typical scene in the newly-opened juvenile section of the Swinton Library, which during the...

Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade

November 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 18 November 1932 Light on The Coal Quota Mr. A. T. Thomson Explains A Trade Barometer Collapse of the Export Trade Quota Hateful But...

Cinema – Picture House – Sunshine Susie (video)

November 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 25 November 1932 From YouTube: Embed Video

St. Michael’s Church Porch & Gate

November 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 November 1932 This photograph of St. Michael's Church, Swinton, shows the greatly improved entrance at the west end...

Marconigrams – November 04th, 1932

November 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 November 1932 Marconigrams The Montagu Hospital received £1,400 in contributions last month. The Post Office sold the fivre millionth wireless...