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Swinton Old People Help Lifeboatmen

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 18th, 1970 Swinton Old People Help Lifeboatmen Swinton’s Retired Persons’ Group, which celebrates its first anniversary this month, saw their chairman, Mr....

Biggest April Shower For 26 Years!

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 18th, 1970 Biggest April Shower For 26 Years! Mopping up operations were going on throughout Mexborough, Dearne and Rawmarsh areas this week...

Mexborough Relief Road

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 25th, 1970 Mexborough Relief Road What’s three quarters of a mile long, 24 feet wide and cost over a million-and-a-half pounds?  There...

Rockingham Institute Open Evening

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 4th, 1970 A scale model traction engine proved an obvious attraction for these visitors to the open evening of Rockingham Institute...

Swinton Comprehensive School Geologists

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 18th, 1970 A party of fifth form  from Swinton Comprehensive School, led by Mr. Richard Oates, a member of the school’s...

Swinton Comprehensive School Money Management

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 4th, 1970 Mr. E. G. Morgan (Williams Deacons Bank, Rotherham), Mc. M. G. Oliver (District Commissioner, National Savings) and Mr. G....

Harry Carpenter Will Commentate on Tape in ‘Iron’ Play

April 1970
South Yorkshire Times, April 4th, 1970 Harry Carpenter Will Commentate on Tape in ‘Iron’ Play Mexborough’s Iron Hague, one-time English Heavyweight Champion, takes to the ring...