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New Councillors – Mr Phillip R Baker

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. New Councillors - Mr Phillip R Baker Widely known in the Wath, Swinton and Mexborough areas Mr Philip R Baker,...

Cinema – Majestic – I Mt my Love Again (video)

April 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times , April 28, 1939 From You Tube:

Cinema – Grand

April 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 1939

Policeman’s Plucky Dive.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939.   A 28 Year Old Police-officer who 14 years ago had the reputation of being the best boy swimmer in...

National Service Pageant

April 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Apr 21 National Service Pageant Successful South Yorkshire Tour Big Crowds Line Route Splendid United Effort . With two Royal air force bombers...

Open Verdict– Wath Painter Drowned In Canal.

April 1939
Strange conduct after fall. Mr. J. Kenyon Parker., Sheffield district coroner, recorded an "open verdict" at an inquest at Wath town hall on Monday, on...

From Palestine.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939.   Wath has a fairly strong military tradition, and the sun never sets on the local fellows who put...

Inquest On Wath Shunter – Run Over By Wagons

May 1939
  South Yorkshire Times, May 19th, 1935 THREE POSSIBILITIES "It is a matter of assumption," said the Doncaster District Coroner, Mr. W. H. Carlile, summing up after...

Wedding – Evans & Winstanley

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times May 5, 1939. The marriage took place at Rawmarsh Parish Church on Saturday, of Miss Hilda May Evans, daughter of Mr and...

Ben Bailey Homes at Wath

May 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 26, 1939