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Wedding – Dunkerly & Dakin

February 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 4, 1938 Miss Dorothy Dunkerley, Nanny Marr and Mr Lawrence Dakin of Sheffield, at Darfield Parish Church

“Greater Darfield” Scheme – Vetoed by the Minister of Health

February 1938
Leeds Mercury, Monday, February 28, 1938 “Greater Darfield” Scheme Vetoed by the Minister of Health A scheme of amalgamation under which Darfield would have become...

Disaster Relief Funds

February 1938
Leeds Mercury - Saturday 26 February 1938 Disaster Relief Funds The mining communities of South Yorkshire are making a determined bid to break down the...

Where Death Took a Holiday

February 1938
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 26 February 1938 Where Death Took a Holiday Death took a holiday at Darfield. At a meeting of the local authority last night...

Darfield’s Oldest Man – Death of Mr. Martin Stenton

March 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 18 1938 Darfield's Oldest Man Death of Mr. Martin Stenton At the great age of 91, Mr. Martin Stenton, Darfleld's oldest male...

Methodist Bazaar

March 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 25 1938 Daffodil Bazaar. Mrs. G. Baker (left), who opened a bazaar at George Street Methodist Church, Low Valley, on Saturday,...

Beauty Queen Wanted

March 1938
Leeds Mercury - Saturday 26 March 1938 Beauty Queen Wanted When the Darfield and Low Valley Hospital Committee decided that a “Beauty Queen should be...

Threw Acid at Woman – Penal Servitude for Darfield Miner

March 1938
Leeds Mercury - Thursday 24 March 1938 Threw Acid at Woman Penal Servitude for Darfield Miner Walter Barton (52), miner, of Station Road, Darfield, near Barnsley,...