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Behind The “Masks”

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Behind The “Masks” "The finest example of improvised organisation the township has known for some time," is what most...

Gale Debris

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Workmen engaged in clearing up the debris after a wall at Broomhill had been blown down by the...

Mr. Charles Radford – Seventy-six Years in One House

November 1938
Mr. Charles Radford Seventy-six Years in One House To have lived in one house all the seventy-six years of his life, and to have worked for...

Four Generations – Wath & Wombwell Connections

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1938 Four Generations Wath and Wombwell Connections Our photograph shows four generations of a family well known in the Dearne...

Neighbours of 40 years Find Out They are Cousins

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 18, 1938 Neighbours of 40 years find they are Cousins Here is a strange story of the suburbs. Strange indeed, it...

Rescued from Pit – Ferret

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1938 Fred Rose of Wombwell, with his pet ferret which was rescued alive after been imprisoned for four days...

Yorkshire’s Perfect Man

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 25, 1938 Charles Jarrett, the John "Adonis" demonstrating the pose which won him the title of Yorkshire's perfect man, at...

Mitchell Main Welfare Sports Club

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 25, 1938 A group of winners with their trophies at the Mitchell Main Welfare sports Club prize distribution on Saturday.

New Y.M.A. President – Mr J.E.Hall, J.P.

November 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 18, 1938 Miners Choice Mr J.E.Hall, J.P., New Y.M.A.President Mr Joseph Arthur Hall, J.P. of Rydal Mount, Wood Walk, Wombwell, a member...

Parents Warned at Wombwell – Diphtheria Infection Dangers

November 1938
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 22 November 1938 Parents Warned at Wombwell Diphtheria Infection Dangers A complaint that children kept away from school because of the...