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Manvers Main Baby Show

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 June 1939 Mothers and their babies photographed at the Manvers Main baby show last Thursday. In the centre...

Manvers Main Baby Show.

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – June 16, 1939 A happy picture of Admiral Sir Thomas Spence Lyne with two competitors in last week's Manvers Main...

Manvers Main Entertain 10,000 – Success of Annual Gala

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – June 16, 1939 Manvers Main Entertain 10,000 Success of Annual Gala Fresh Attractions and Brighter Novelties "Ovens" Win Inter-Department Trophy The Manvers Main Collieries,...

Manvers Main Gala – Anti-Aircraft Gun

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 June 1939 Manning an anti-aircraft gun at the Manvers Main Gala on Saturday

Manvers Main Gala – Tug of War

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – June 16, 1939 A long pull in the tug-of-war at the Manvers Main Gala on Saturday

Manvers Main Gala – Youth and Age

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 June 1939 Youth and Age A striking comparison secured by our staff photographer at the Manvers Main Gala and...

Bishop of Sheffield Visits Wath

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 30, 1939 The Bishop of Sheffield on Sunday paid the last visit of his episcopate to Wath, where he conducted...

Cinema – Grand – The Gladiator

June 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - June 30, 1939

Cinema – Majestic – Blockheads

June 1939
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Carnival Queen – Keen Competition for Wath Honour

June 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times Friday, June 2, 1939 Carnival Queen – Keen Competition for Wath Honour Twenty years old auburn-haired Ella Wigfield, of 6, The Grange,...