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Wedding – Trickett & Davison – Fireman’s Wedding

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 25, 1929 Fireman's Wedding. Wombwell firemen forming a guard of honour for one of their number, Mr. Davison, of Wombwell, on the...

Trackless Bill – Tramway Company’s Bold Scheme – Protection From Competition.

January 1929
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 January 1929 Trackless Bill  Mexborough Tramway Company's Bold Scheme. Protection From Competition. The Mexborough and Swinton Tramway Company have...

Madonna and Child

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 18, 1929 Madonna and Child A charming group taken from the Nativity play performed at Saint James church Wath, this week:...

Wath Mechanics Institute – Prosperous Institute.

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 09 January 1929 A Prosperous Institute. Mr. A. J. Thompson, president of the Wath Mechanics’ Institute, presided at the 74th...

A Distinguished “Platform.”

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929 A Distinguished "Platform." Lord Halifax laying the foundation stone of the new Middle School which is being built at...

Cross House, Wath – Necessity Of Modern Times Settles An Old Dispute.

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 04 January 1929 Cross House, Wath. Necessity Of Modern Times Settles An Old Dispute. The many years’ dispute to which...

Wath Almshouses in Cemetery Road

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929 Wath Almshouses in Cemetery Road The above is a plan of the almshouses which it is proposed to erect...

Pit ‘Bus Mishap – Teacher at ‘the Wheel – Bench’s Serious’ View

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 18, 1929 Pit 'Bus Mishap. Teacher at 'the Wheel Bench's Serious' View A Bolton-on-Dearne school teacher was summoned at Doncaster on Tuesday for...

Wath Man’s Prisoner – Sanitary Official Escapes through Window

January 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 08 January 1929 Wath Man’s Prisoner Sanitary Official Escapes through Window The story of a Wath man’s effort to imprison a sanitary...

Result Of Overstudy – Suicide Attempt at Wath.

January 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1929 Result Of Overstudy. Suicide Attempt at Wath. Pleading "guilty" to a charge of having tried to commit suicide at Wath...