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Wedding – Potter & Shaw

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 15, 1959 Mr. B Shaw and Mr D.M. Potter, Swinton, cutting the cake after their wedding at St Margaret’s Church, Swinton

Wedding – Robinson & Brook

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 15, 1959 Mr R.S.Brook and Miss J Robinson at St John's Methodist Church Swinton

Wedding – Wilde & Senior

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 22, 1959 Miss Florence Elizabeth Wilde of Wath and Mr Frank Senior of Swinton at Wath Parish Church

Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 22, 1959 Barnburgh Fatality 'Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened' At a Mexborongh inquest on Friday the jury returned a verdict of...

Cinema – Roxy – The 39 Steps

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 29, 1959 From YouTube:

Swinton Allotment Association’s Show

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 29, 1959 Mr. C. Rich and Mr. H. Sanderson, judges at Swinton Allotment Association's show at Swinton Church Hall on Saturday,...

Swinton Miners Welfare Club Opens

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 29, 1959 Mr H. Heap formerly opens Swinton Miners Welfare Club on Friday. Also seen are Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E, J.P.,...

Road Safety Tests

August 1959
Road Safety Tests South Yorkshire Times, August 8, 1959 Waiting for road safety tests are these Swinton schoolchildren pictured at Highfields road, Swinton, on Thursday.

Swinton Bridge School Annual Sports

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times, August 8, 1959 Photographs taken at the Annual Sports of Swinton Bridge School on the L.N.E.R. ground, Swinton, on Monday.

Swinton Milton School Open day

August 1959
South Yorkshire Times August 8, 1959 Children at Swinton Milton school demonstrate for one of the visitors to the school’s open day on July 10th,...