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Closing of Swinton Common Colliery – 300 miners involved.

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 January 1929 300 miners involved. Closing of Swinton Common Colliery. Kilnhurst and Swinton miners, numbering about 300, were temporarily thrown out...

Collieries Career Closed

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 25, 1929 Collieries Career Closed The Swinton Common pit, owned by Messrs. Stewart and Lloyd, Ltd, Thrybergh Hall and Warren...

Health Of West Riding.

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 21 January 1929 Health Of West Riding. Doctor J.R.Kaye, County Medical Officer for the West riding give the annual report...

Swinton and Distress – Entitled to Representation on Area Committee.

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 31 January 1929 Swinton and Distress. Entitled to Representation on Area Committee. At last night’s meeting of the Swinton Urban...

New Organ at Swinton Wesleyan Chapel

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 19 January 1929 New Organ at Swinton Wesleyan Chapel Members of Swinton Wesleyan Circuit gathered for the opening of the new...

Art and Tragedy – The End of a Genius – Love and Death...

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929 Art and Tragedy. The End of a Genius. Love and Death. Search for Fame. A youth who as a boy attended elementary...

Prison for Station Theft

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 23 January 1929 Prison for Station Theft For stealing ten parcels of clothing, and yeast, belonging to the L.N.E.R. Company, from...

A Swinton “Pot.”

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929 A Swinton "Pot." Mr Colin Ward, the donor, handing over the Evening Cricket League trophy to George Price, the...

Swinton Celebrations – Evening League Benefits and Failings.

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 4, 1929 Swinton Celebrations. Evening League Benefits and Failings. At a social gathering in the pavilion of the Swinton Athletic Club on...

Obituary – Mr W.R.Dale – Swinton Glass Bottle Manufacturer

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 8, 1929 Mr W.R.Dale Swinton Glass Bottle Manufacturer We greatly regret to record the death of Mr. William Rupert Dale, which occurred...