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Six Hundred Miners Receive a Week’s Notice.

May 1928
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 22 May 1928 Houghton Main Miners. Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice. Six hundred employees of the Houghton...

Catholic May Queen at Low Valley

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18 1928 The May Queen (Annie Barker) and her suite at the Roman Catholic celebrations at Low Valley on Sunday....

Lourdes Visit

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 11, 1928 Lourdes Visit Father Mulcahy of Low Valley, is to visit Lourdes this month. He will travel with a party...

New Salvation Army Lieutenant

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 25 1928 Cadet R. B. Stockswell, of West Street, Darfield, has been given the rank of lieutenant in the Salvation...

Empire Day at Darfield

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 25 1928 Empire Day at Darfield Empire Day was celebrated in the usual manner in Darfield. Children from the Infant Council...

Skittles at Darfield – Fereday’s Fruitful Spell.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18 1928 Skittles at Darfield Fereday's Fruitful Spell. The South Yorkshire Chemical Works innings at Darfield on Saturday was extremely short—but for...

Darfield Football Club – Champions and Cup Winners

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 25 1928 The Darfield Football Club, one of the oldest established teams in the Deame Valley, has for about 30...

Low Valley – Still At It.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 25, 1928 Still At It. Low Valley joined the Jump Section of the Boys' Realm League competition at the beginning  of...

A Sporting Veteran – “Cocky” Whitehouse

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 11, 1928 A Sporting Veteran. One of the veterans of sport well-known in the Dearne Valley, is Mr. G. H. Whitehouse,...

Sunshine at Low Valley

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8 1928 Holiday Joys. IT only needs sunshine to make Low Valley as happy a holiday ground as Scarborough or Cleethorpes