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Cup final

April 1959
South Yorkshire Times April 4, 1959. Kilnhurst player G. Frith scores during the Mexborough challenge cup final between Swinton athletic and Kilnhurst at Hampden Road,...

Swinton Beaten In Derby Final – Challenge Cup Goes to Kilnhurst

April 1959
South Yorkshire Times, April 4, 1959 Swinton Beaten In Derby Final Challenge Cup Goes to Kilnhurst Swinton Athletic, who were toppled by Kilnhurst Colliery in the quarter-finals...

Local Accident Statistics

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 9, 1959

A May Celebration

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 23rd, 1959. A May Celebration from Swinton Fitzwilliam Infants school

On Her 80th Birthday

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 30th, 1959. On Saturday, Mrs Alice Healey, of Swinton, cuts a very special birthday cake in the presence of her sons,...

The First Woman Chairman Of The Council

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 30th, 1959. County Coun. Albert Newsam, retiring chairman of Swinton Urban Council, hands over the chain of office on Wednesday to...

Election Candidates

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 9th, 1959 Ivy Cobb (Lab) 7 Highfield Rd, a housewife who has served on the council three years and is present vice...

Cinema – Roxy – The Captain’s Table

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 30, 1959 From YouTube:

Happy Faces

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 3rd, 1959 Happy faces seen on Wednesday at the old folks treat held in Swinton L.N.E.R club.

Whitsuntide procession – Free Lift.

May 1959
South Yorkshire Times, May 23rd, 1959. A free lift for the Sunday School scholars of Swinton St John's Methodist Church During the Whitsuntide procession on...