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Soldier – Biggs, Fred – Service Snap

2 April 19
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940 Service Snaps Pte. Fred Biggs, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Biggs, 39, Cross...

Swinton Evening School Display Of First Aid

40 June 195
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. Swinton Evening school students gave a display of first aid work at their annual exhibition on Friday.    

Language at Swinton

August 1870
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 25 August 1870 Samuel Webster of Swinton was summoned by a married woman named Anne Smith, designer at Swinton Bridge...

The Burial of the Dead.

November 1874
Sheffield Independent - Monday 23 November 1874 The Burial of the Dead. Of the twenty-three men who lost their lives on Friday, more than half that...

The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.

November 1874
Sheffield Independent - Monday 23 November 1874 The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery. Exploration of the Workings. The excitement caused in the South...

Elopement at Swinton

October 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 October 1879 Elopement at Swinton The denizens of that classic neighbourhood, Walker-street, Swinton Bridge, were somewhat excited on Saturday...

The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery.

November 1880
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 04 November 1880 The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery. Yesterday an inquest was held the Plant Hotel, Swinton, before Mr. Wightman,...

Accident at Manvers Main Colliery

November 1880
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 06 November 1880 Accident at Manvers Main Colliery On Wednesday morning William Beach, Swinton, at number 1 Pit, Manvers Main Colliery,...

Singular Drowning Case – The Results of Spitting.

1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 October 1888 Singular Drowning Case At Swinton Bridge. The Results of Spitting. Mr. Dossey Wightman held an inquest...

Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby.

March 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 March 1884 Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby. On Tuesday evening some excitement was caused at Denaby Main by...