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Poaching Nuisance at Clayton – “A Regular Game”

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 September 1932 "A Regular Game" Poaching Nuisance at Clayton Reginald Fawcett and Joseph Hall, of Thurnscoe, were each...

Thurnscoe Poachers – Hide And Seek With The Police.

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 September 1932 Thurnscoe Poachers. Hide And Seek With The Police. Fines of £5 or two months' imprisonment were imposed...

Old Friends Meet

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 21th, 1932 Old Friends Meet Mr Charles Hanmer, producer of the film, “Black diamonds,” with “Masher”, from Hickleton Main colliery. “Masher”...

Wedding – Lumb & Brown

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 14th, 1932 Married in Canada Brown – Lumb. News is to hand of the marriage at Coleman, Alberta, Canada, and Mr. Lewis...

Scarrott’s Stores (advert)

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28th, 1932

Problems of Poverty – Boots for Bairns – Convened Conference

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 07 October 1932 Problems of Poverty Plight of The Part-Time Worker Boots for Bairns A Conisbro’ Convened Conference A conference initiated by...

Leek Show – Some Giants at Thurnscoe

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 7th, 1932 Leek Show Some Giants at Thurnscoe The Champion G. Hickman and W. Postlethwaite the partners who produced the “champion” leak, shown...

Marconigrams – October 07th, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 07 October 1932 Marconigrams. Yo-Yo competitions are popular items of indoor "social" programmes. Last week-end there were bandit "'holdups" at...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1932

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 28 October 1932 Marconigrams. Team whist drives are the latest innovation in the district. The village church of Adwick-on-Dearne is...

Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade

November 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Friday 18 November 1932 Light on The Coal Quota Mr. A. T. Thomson Explains A Trade Barometer Collapse of the Export Trade Quota Hateful But...