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Marconigrams – June 17th 1922

June 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 June 1922 Marconigrams. Water boring is going on near the railway station at Darfield Fresh cases of enteric fever be...

Marconigrams – July 15th, 1922

July 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 July 1922 Marconigrams In Honolulu, a new use has been found for the aeroplane, that of sowing seed. The Kilnhurst...

Marconigrams – July 29th, 1922

July 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 July 1922 Marconigrams The Swinton Urban Council will hold no meeting in August. The Mexborough Lawn Tennis Association cup finals...

St. John Ambulance Work Screened.

September 1922
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 07 September 1922 St. John Ambulance Work Screened. The remarkable work of the St. John Ambulance Association is being brought...

Houghton Main – Satisfactory Settlement after Dispute.

September 1922
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 04 September 1922 Houghton Main. Satisfactory Settlement after Ten Weeks' Dispute. The news that a settlement has been arrived at...

Local Happenings – Diary – January to June 1922

December 1922
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 30 December 1922 Local Happenings January 1 – Denaby Parish Church War Memorial unveiled by Sir Alington Bewick Copley 4– Mexborough Comrades Club...

Local Happenings – Diary – July to December 1922

December 1922
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 30 December 1922 Local Happenings July 12 – Destructive fire at Goldthorpe, involving a garage and two charabancs. 12 – Mr F.E....

Marconigrams – December 09th, 1922

December 1922
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1922 Marconigrams Last Friday, the Rev. W.A. Strawbridge, M.A., completed his 25th year as Vicar of Conisborough. A new...

Council Elections : Notable Independent Victory: Labour Minority of One.

March 1926
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 29, 1929 Darfield Notable Independent Victory: Labour Minority of One. Elected: 1926 Result: T.H. Spooner (Lab.), unopposed. One Independent gain. This "needle" election, as expected,...

Charlie Allen – Promising Footballer

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 11, 1927 This is a photograph of another promising outside left: – Charlie Allen of Darfield. Nobody would suggest, of course,...