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Sunday Night Nuisance at Mexborough.

September 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 20, 1929 Sunday Night Nuisance at Mexborough. "This is a considerable nuisance. Youths come in from Goldthorpe, Swinton and Denaby, and...

“Borrowed” A Magneto.

September 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times  September 27, 1929 "Borrowed" A Magneto. At Doncaster on Saturday Harold Leeming (29), miner, of Bolton-on-Dearne, was fined £2 for having...

Children’s Corner

October 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 25, 1929 Evelyn & Sybil Stopforth (Bolton)

Gaming At Swinton – Sixteen Fines Imposed.

October 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 11, 1929 Gaming At Swinton. Sixteen Fines Imposed. A raid at the Station Field, Swinton, on Sunday, Sept. 12th, by the police...

Armistice Day – Silence Amid Storm.

November 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 November 1929 Armistice Day. Solemn Ceremonies Throughout The District. Silence Amid Storm. Wild Weather for the 11th Anniversary....

Bolton-on-Dearne 100 years ago and more.

November 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 November 1929 We are indebted to "Crusader" for some interesting historical notes on conditions in Bolton-on-Dearne hundred years...

Coaches Collide – 15 Hurt In A Road Accident

December 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 06 December 1929 Coaches Collide 15 Hurt In A Road Accident Swinton Thrills Surgery As Emergency Hospital Two large motor buses, one owned...

A Flood Nocturne

December 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 13, 1929 A Flood Nocturne Beautiful moonlight scene on the Dearne