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Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu

May 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Deputy at Montagu In  this exclusive "South Yorkshire Times" picture, W. Winder, the deputy, is seen in the...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face

May 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 What Rescuers Had To Face Y.M.A. President describes conditions in a special interview with the Dearne Valley...

Thurnscoe U.D.C. – In Comic Opera Vein – Psyche and Her Puff

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 13th, 1932 Thurnscoe U.D.C. In Comic Opera Vein Psyche and Her Puff That Thurnscoe Urban Council had been “made to look like a...

Billingley’s Wooers – Caustic Comments On Neighbours

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 20th 1932 Billingley’s Wooers Caustic Comments On Neighbours Single Blessedness Preferred At a meeting of the Billingley Parish Council on Friday the members...

Saturday Torrents – Sunday Floods – 36 Hours Downpour – Serious Damage –...

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 27th, 1932 Saturday Torrents – Sunday Floods Thirty-Six Hours Downpour Serious Damage to Property One Life Lost The devastating visitation of last September when...

South Yorkshire Again Under Water

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 27th, 1932 A May Delude South Yorkshire Again Under Water Wombwell: Station Lane, Wombwell Wombwell: Speedway under 6 feet of water Wath – The...

Stories Of The Flood – Week-End Despatches From All Areas

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 27th, 1932 Stories Of The Flood Week-End Despatches From All Areas Mexborough On three sides Mexborough was surrounded by floods; the waters of...

Betting Houses – Mexboro’, Denaby and Thurnscoe Cases – Heavy Fines

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 27th, 1932 Betting Houses Mexboro’, Denaby And Thurscoe Cases Heavy Fines A number of bookmakers from the Mexboro, district were fined at Doncaster...

Lord Halifax’s Estate Over-Run

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 6th, 1932 Lord Halifax’s Estate Over-Run Wholesale damage to Lord Halifax’s estate at Hickleton resulted in three Thurnscoe youths being brought...

Scuffle In Pit – Trouble Over Tubs At Hickleton

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 13th, 1932 Scuffle In Pit Trouble Over Tubs At Hickleton A dispute between three miners at Hickleton Main as to the number...