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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...

Highgate Colliery Sidings Raided

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 13th, 1932 Highgate Colliery Sidings Raided Two Thurnscoe unemployed miners Joseph Steel (63), 21, Queen Street, and Leonard Dunkley (41), of...

Thurnscoe Squabble – Abuse and Assault

May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 20th, 1932 Thurnscoe Squabble Abuse and Assault A scuffle between two Thurnscoe men had a sequel at Doncaster West Riding Court on...

Thorncliffe  45 Hickleton  50 for 6 – Decisive Win by Hickleton

13 May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 13th, 1932 Decisive Win by Hickleton Turner Bowls Well Thorncliffe  45                       ...

Rockingham  64  Hickleton  65 for 2 – Comfortable Win

20 May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 20th, 1932 Rockingham Shape Badly Comfortable Win For Hickleton Rockingham  64  Hickleton  65 for 2 Rockingham made their first home appearance on Saturday...

Wath 123 for 8 Hickleton 140 – Tight Game At Wath

20 May 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 20th, 1932 Tight Game At Wath Hickleton Give Little Away Wath’s home match with Hickleton on Tuesday ended tamely in a draw. ...

Thurnscoe Octogenarian – Former Waleswood Mine-Worker

July 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 8th, 1932 A Thurnscoe Octogenarian Former Waleswood Mine-Worker Fitzackley The funeral took place on Saturday of a well-known resident, Mr. Henry Fitzackley, who...