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Thurnscoe Urban District Council New Chairman

April 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 20, 1928 Mr. Joseph Stones, the new chairman of the Thurnscoe Urban District Council, has been a member of the...

Ordered Out – Disorderly Thurnscoe Defendant.

April 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 20, 1928 Ordered Out. Disorderly Thurnscoe Defendant. When three Thurnscoe miners. Albert Dugan, Joe Bennett, and Ernest Hall were charged at...

Capital and Labour.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1928 Capital and Labour. Mr Robert Armitage, chairman of the Hickleton Main Colliery Company and Mr. Herbert Smith, president of...

Manager of New Baths

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1928 Local swimming enthusiasts will congratulate Mr Richard Crowe, of 127, Barnsley Rd, Wombwell, on his appointment as manager...

Opening of Public Baths

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1928 Mr. Herbert Smith (insert), opening the pubic baths at Thurnscoe, last Saturday. The baths have been provided by means...

A Driving Lesson.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1928 A Driving Lesson. At Doncaster on Tuesday, Alfred Greenolf, miner, of Thurnscoe, was fined 9s. for having driven a...

Selling Tobacco In The Street.

May 1928
South Yorkshire Times, May 4, 1928 Selling Tobacco In The Street. An unusual charge, that of hawking tobacco in the street, was preferred at Barnsley on...

Introduction to Polo.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1928 Introduction to Polo. A Wath team demonstrating the water polo game to an interested crowd in the new baths...

Eighty Fifth Birthday

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1928 To-day (Friday), Mr. Francis Peck, of 5, Station Road, Thurnscoe, celebrates his 85th birthday. Mr. Peck, who is a...

Their Treat Too.

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1 1928 Their Treat Too. A group of pit ponies withdrawn from the Hickleton Main Colliery on account of the extended...