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Greyhound Racing – Company With £25,000 Capital To Be Formed.

November 1927
Sheffield Independent - Friday 25 November 1927 Greyhound Racing  A Company With Capital of £25,000 To Be Formed. A scheme has been adopted for the establishment,...

Record Entry for Wombwell and Darfield Title.

November 1927
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 19 November 1927 Record Entry for Wombwell and Darfield Title. The Wombwell and Darfield District  Amateur Billiards Championship is likely to provide...

Pride of Low Valley – Gay Old Goer that has Done Half a Million

December 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 2, 1927 Pride of Low Valley Gay old Goer that has Done Half a Million A striking illustration in the development of...

Garland’s Pond

December 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1927 A pretty winter scene in the heart of the industrial Dearne Valley. Garland's Pond, situated at the rear of...

Missing Jewellery – Young Woman Teacher Remanded at Barnsley.

December 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 24 December 1927 Missing Jewellery. Young Woman Teacher Remanded at Barnsley. When Elsie Farrar (22), single, of Stockport, was charged at...

Darfield Forward For Nelson

December 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, December 16, 1927 Darfield Forward For Nelson. Bernard Radford, a Darfield footballer has been transferred to Nelson. Radford, who has played for Wath...

Storrs Wood, Darfield

23 December 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1927 Storrs Wood, Darfield, touched up by Jack Frost

Celebrates 77th Soon

January 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 207, 1928 A familiar figure in the village is Mark Marples, who celebrates his 77th birthday soon. Mr Marples can...

Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery – Ex-Soldier’s Fate.

January 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1928 Decapitated. Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery. Ex-Soldier's Fate. That his death was due indirectly to the gale was the supposition,...

Pit Deaths – Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.

January 1928
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 07 January 1928 Houghton Pit Deaths. Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner. While inquest was in progress...