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Cinema – Roxy – Test Pilot (video)

April 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 1939 From YouTube:

Cumbersome And Expensive Dwelling That Nobody Wants.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28th, 1939. Less than a month before he was to have been instituted to the living of Aston-cum-Aughton, the vicar of...

National Service Pageant

April 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Apr 21 National Service Pageant Successful South Yorkshire Tour Big Crowds Line Route Splendid United Effort . With two Royal air force bombers...

Death of Councillor

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. The death occurred on Sunday at his home “Dolcliffe Vale,” Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, of Mr Robert Fowler, engineer and...

Wombwell, Dearne and Swinton Broadcasters

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1939 South Yorkshire is justly proud of its amateur operatic "stars." Throughout the week the names of Margery Rawling, Annie...

Youth Thrown Into Don- Death Due To Heart Failure

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1939 Heart failure, and not drowning, as might have been expected, was found to have been the cause of the...

Swinton Council Civic Parade

May 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 19 May 1939 Swinton Council Civic Parade in the rain on Sunday. Coun. F Tingle leads the parade to...

Civic Parades In The Rain

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times, May 19th, 1939 Civic parades in the rain on Sunday. Above; Swinton Council led by Coun. F. Tingle (Chairman), walking in procession...

Cinema – Roxy – Three Comrades (video)

May 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 26, 1939. From YouTube:

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

May 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 May 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Admitted cases at the Montagu Hospital during the week have...