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Deaf Man Killed By Train – Tragedy While Taking Dog For Walk

January 1939
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 05 January 1939 Deaf Man Killed By Train Tragedy While Taking Dog For Walk A verdict of Accidental death was...

Wedding – Pearson & Goulding

January 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1939 Mrs Vera Pearson, 154, white Lee Road, Swinton and Mr Wilfred Goldin, 10 King Street, Swinton at Swinton Parish Church

Wedding – Smith & Wood

January 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1939 Mr Vera Smith, 19  Walker St, Swinton and Mr John Ward, 27, Toll Bar Road At Swinton Parish Church

Houses for The Asking – But Slum Dwellers Decline to Move

January 1939
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 January 1939 Houses for The Asking But Slum Dwellers Decline to Move Thirty new houses which have been vacant...

Swinton Child Welfare Clinic Treat

January 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 13, 1939 Mothers and their babies at the Swinton Child Welfare Clinic Treat on Tuesday

Cinema – Roxy – The Buccaneer (video)

January 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1939 From YouTube:

A.R.P. Successes At Swinton

January 1939
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 25 January 1939 A.R.P. Successes At Swinton When Swinton Urban Council found difficulty’ in rallying women volunteers to the A.R.P. service...

Floods Might Have Been Worse – Agricultural Land Mainly Affected

January 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1939 Floods in South Yorkshire Might Have Been Worse Agricultural Land Mainly Affected Don Bursts Its Banks Melting snow in the higher...

River Don Overflowed its Banks – Hedgerows Covered

January 1939
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 16 January 1939 River Don Overflowed its Banks The River Don overflowed its banks at Kilnhurst Wash yesterday, with the result...

Snow, Ice, Fog and Floods in South Yorkshire

January 1939
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 03 January 1939 Winter Again Cuts Off Northern Villages Flooding Threat in Sheffield Area Blizzards swept the North of England...