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Houghton Hall – Interesting Old Building.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 April 1930
Houghton Hall
Interesting Old Building.
The Hall belongs to the Knottingley Brewery Company. Houghton Hall was formerly...
Woodhead Signed by Hull
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 23, 1930
Woodhead Signed by Hull
Cliff. Woodhead, of Darfield, who has been assisting Denaby United in the Midland League during...
Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 19 December 1930
Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main
Early Morning Calamity Explosion Follows Shot Firing.
Five Dead: Twelve Injured....
Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 January 1931
Houghton Main Disaster.
Inquest Closed: Jury's Findings.
A Useful Suggestion.
Compressed Air for Testing Shot-Holes.
The inquest...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 2
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 2
April
3—Inquest on Wath Main explosion victims concluded, with...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 3
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 3
July.
1—Presentations to Rev. C. H. Randell, departing...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 4
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 4
October
1—Mr. J. Smith, B.Sc., head of Wombwell...
The Casualty List 1930
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
The Casualty List 1930
January
3-Dennis Cooke (34), Conisborough; fall of roof, Cadeby Main
6-John Edward Staniforth (40), Barnsley;...
Mysterious Happening at Darfield – Traces of Motor In Churchyard.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 March 1931
Traces of Motor In Churchyard.
Mysterious Happening at Darfield.
The local police are investigating mysterious happening at...
Marconigrams – March 06, 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 March 1931
Marconigrams.
2,617,618 registered unemployed.
"Marriage is s middle-class proposition," says Mr. Paul Whiteman, the American Jazz King.
Mr....