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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...

Fire at Ward & Sons

May 1970
South Yorkshire Times, May 2nd 1970 Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought a blaze which destroyed old records and badly damaged a lorry in a warehouse...

Dancing His Way to Fame

May 1970
South Yorkshire Times, May 9th, 1970 Dancing His Way to Fame A 19-years-old Swinton youth is currently working alongside some of the greatest names in show...

He Brings Presents From Around the World

May 1970
South Yorkshire Times, May 2nd 1970 He Brings Presents From Around the World Anguilla, Barbuda, Jamaica…Norway, Belgium, Germany…Cyprus, Malta and the Virgin Isles, these are just...

He’s Number One Referee – ‘Down Under’

May 1970
South Yorkshire Times, May 2nd, 1970 He’s Number One Referee – ‘Down Under’ A former Swinton referee has been voted Western Australia’s number one man-in-the-middle this...