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Weekend Floods – In the Days of the Flood – ” Flood Friday.”

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 September 1931 In the Days of the Flood " Flood Friday." The wettest summer in living memory culminated last...

Weekend Floods – Off to School on Monday Morning

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 September 1931 Off to School on Monday Morning

Weekend Floods – Railway Under Water

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 September 1931 Railway Under Water Never within the memory of the oldest residents of the Mexborough and Conisborough...

Weekend Floods – Tragedy and Comedy

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 September 1931 Floodlights.  Incidents of the Week-End. Tragedy and Comedy Though there are no reports from the urban districts...

Weekend Floods – Wombwell Speedway & Wath Cricket

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 September 1931 At The Wombwell Speedway and Wath Cricket There was still a foot of water on the Speedway...

 Dangerous Driving – West Melton Butcher Fined

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 25 September 1931  Dangerous Driving. West Melton Butcher Fined Arnold Moore, 26, butcher, of Windy Ridge. Barnsley Road, West...

Stolen Fruit – Early Theft at West Melton

September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 18 September 1931 Stolen Fruit. Early Theft at West Melton "You are old enough to know better, but the...

Well Done Wath – At The Top of The Table !

4 September 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 September 1931 Yorkshire Council Well Done Wath At The Top of The Table The Four Semi-Finalists. Wath completed their programme by...

Marconigrams – October 02nd, 1931

October 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 October 1931 Marconigrams. Summer Time ends on Sunday at 3 a.m. Miss Amy Johnson is shortly to lecture in...

Engineer’s Retirement – Fifty-Four Years at Manvers Main.

November 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 November 1931 Engineer's Retirement Presentation to Mr. W. D. Egerton. Fifty-Four Years at Manvers Main. In the fitting shop...