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Honour for Darfield Officer

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 22, 1929 Honour for Darfield Officer Mr. Robert Watkin, of Darfield, has been appointed to Officer in the Grand Priory in...

Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations

March 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 8, 1929 Candidates for the Councils South Yorkshire Urban and Rural Nominations Urban Councils CONISBRO’ All Seats Contested This Time. Five Seats North: Ruth Donaghue (Lab.)...

Darfield Council – Road Grants and Street Lighting.

April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 12, 1929 Darfield Council. Road Grants and Street Lighting. A meeting of the Barfield Urban Council was held on Friday, Alderman T.             ...

The New Chairmen – South Yorkshire Civic Leaders

April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 19, 1929 The New Chairmen South Yorkshire Civic Leaders Swinton Mr T Beighton Has represented Kilnhurst for a number of years, and taken...

History Of Darfield Church. – Wonders Of An Ancient Shrine.

April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 5, 1929 History Of Darfield Church. Wonders Of An Ancient Shrine. Image from Wikipedia; By ChicXulub - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,...

New Dirt Track – Darfield Motor-Cycle Club’s Enterprise.

April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 12, 1929 New Dirt Track. Darfield Motor-Cycle Club's Enterprise. This week-end the Darfield and District Motor Cycling Club are opening their new...

The Speed Men

April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 19, 1929 The Speed Men Below: a view of the new dirt track at Wombwell, opened by the Darfield "L Motor...

Ted Bowen For Northants.

26 April 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 26, 1929 Ted Bowen For Northants. Ted Bowen, Northampton's centre-forward, formerly of Wath and Mexboro', has promised to assist Northants. C.C.C....

Darfield Child’s Death – Miner’s Daughter Killed by Motor-‘Bus.

May 1929
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 22 May 1929 Darfield Child’s Death Miner’s Daughter Killed by Motor-'Bus. Batty Beaumont, the three-year-old daughter of William Beaumont, miner, 49....

Road Fatality.

May 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 25 May 1929 Road Fatality. Joseph Halpine (11), son of Lily Halpine, widow, 11, Mary Street, Middlecliffe, died in the Barnsley...