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Bowbroom W.M.C. New Premises

October 1959
South Yorkshire Times, October 24, 1959 Mr. G. Mason, secretary of Bowbroom W.M.C., signs the contract on Wednesday for the building of the club's new...

Swinton W.M.C. Presentation

October 1959
South Yorkshire Times, October 31, 1959 Mrs Dora Webb (right centre), stewardess of Swinton W.M.C., who is leaving in November, seen on Tuesday receiving a...

Fitzwilliam Junior School Harvest Festival

October 1959
South Yorkshire Times, October 10, 1959 Pictured on their way to Swinton Parish Church for the school Harvest Festival service are children of Fitzwilliam Junior...

Saved By Girder – Fall Checked 60 feet Above Ground

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 7, 1959 Saved By Girder Swinton Man's Fall Checked 60 feet Above Ground A Swinton father of six children miraculously escaped death when...

Empress Ballroom, “Birthday Queen”

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 21, 1959 Miss Pauline Cauwood, of 63, Toll Bar Road, Swinton, who on Saturday was chosen "Birthday Queen" of the Empress...

Mexborough Photographer to Wed Swinton Teacher

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 7, 1959 Mexborough Photographer to Wed Swinton Teacher The engagement is this week announced of two young people very well known in...

Wedding – Meggitt & Firth

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times, November 7, 1959 A Swinton Ceremony Miss Marilyn Hazel Meggitt elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Meggitt, well known Estate Agents, West...

Wedding – McErlane & Bell

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 28, 1959 Mr Anthony Bell (Swinton) and Miss Jean McErlane (Greenock) after their wedding at Mexborough Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, November...

Groundnuts at Waddingtons

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 7, 1959 Employees of the Swinton firm of E. V. and E. Waddington unload the cargo of groundnuts at the Eastwood...

Cinema – Roxy – Parisienne (video)

November 1959
South Yorkshire Times November 28, 1959 From YouTube: