1938 Quarter 1
Wedding – Dunkerly & Dakin
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...