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Copping Returns to Leeds – £5,000 Transfer

March 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 10, 1939 Wilf Copping, a left-half, who was signed by Arsenal from Leeds United in 1934, at a figure of...

Cycling Veteran Who made World Records

March 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 24, 1939 None Finer Than Dinah in Those Days! Now a Life-Tong Souvenir of Cycling Stardom Darfield Veteran Who made World Records Elijah...

Blackbirds Build On Windowsill Of Darfield Council House.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 21st 1939.   This is a story of fidelity. It is not a dog this time, but a couple of black birds....

Volunteers Of The Nineties – Smart Young Darfield Soldiers

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28th, 1939. Darfield youths of today may well sit up and take notice when they viewed this picture of a group...

Wedding – Beardshall & Westerman

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 14th 1939. A wedding of unusual interest look place at Barnsley Road Methodist Church, Wombwell, on Monday, between Miss Ruth Ll....

Wedding – Simpson & Beaumont

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 14th 1939. One of the largest crowd seen at Darfield wedding were present at the Parish Church on Tuesday, when the...

Wedding – Smallman & Clarke

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 14th 1939. Miss Mary and Smallman, Daughter of Mrs Smallman and the late Mr Martin Smallman, of Park view, molasses, was...

Wedding – Sorrell – Millington

April 1939
 South Yorkshire Times, April 28st 1939 Miss Doris Sorrell, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Sorrell, of Park farm, Little Houghton, was married at the Darfield...

Darfield Council Hustle – Coun J. W. Camplejohn The New Chairman.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28st 1939. Protest at assessment jump.   Darfield Urban District Council accomplished a new record in speed on Friday. This is what they...

Rivalry for position of “Queen”

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. Here are the photographs of two more aspirants for the honour of being Darfields second Hospital Queen. They are...