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Coronation Cottages

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937 Coronation Cottages Mrs A.T.Thompson opening the cottages for pensioners, erected by the Manvers Main Colliery Ltd to commemorate the Coronation...

Coronation Cottages – Their New homes

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937 Their New Homes Mr and Mrs F Firth and Mr and Mrs R Barker, tenants of the Manvers Main...

Death at the Manvers Main Colliery

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 Death of Bernard Deakin The death occurred under tragic circumstances at the Manvers Main Colliery on Tuesday, April 27...

Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place

May 1937
Sheffield Independent May 1, 1937 Land Won from Flood Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place God made the world, they say, but the Dutch made...

May Roman Catholic Pageantry

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 May Pageantry Impression of the Roman Catholic May festival at Wath on Sunday. The Queen is Patricia Lenehan.

Underneath the Arches

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 Underneath the Arches A glimpse of some of the preparation for the Coronation which are being made at Wath...

Wath 77 for 5 Hickleton 76 – Tommy Hargreaves takes 9 for 31 !

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 21, 1937 Wath 77 for 5                                     Hickleton 76 T Hargreaves 9-31 Tommy Hargreaves took nine for 31 against Hickleton at Wath. Hickleton...

Weddings – Tucker & Sands – Southward & Jackson – Simms & Pressley

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 21, 1937 Miss Anne Catherine Tucker, Whangarei, New Zealand and the Rev Joseph Sands, “Binnorie,” Sandgate, Wath on Dearne at the Methodist...

Brampton Gala – Guess the Weight

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Brampton Gala - Guess the Weight A young competitor guesses the weight of “Dot”, the pit pony from Cortonwood...

Brampton Gala – Obstacle Race

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Brampton Gala An exciting moment in the obstacle race at the Brampton Nursing Association gala on Saturday