January
Contents:
“Times” Sports Club Dance.
Labour Party (Women’s Section)
Serious Loss to Mexborough
– Mr. W. Winstanley
Engagement – Miss Betty Smith.
Weddings
– Padgett & Wood
– Gill & Booth
– Fletcher & Hart
Colliery Veteran
A Good Turn.
Life Devoted to Nursing
Cinemas
– Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Garden of Allah (video)
February
Contents:
Rates Rise As Land Subsides
Rescuer’s Sprint To Canal
– Child Pulled Out Just In Time
Rotarian Dinner
Obituary – Mr T. West
Subsidence Damage at Mexborough
Labour Women – Mrs T.W. Whipp
New Labour Exchange Manager
Cinemas – Empire , Majestic & Oxford
– King Solomans Mines – Elephant Boy
Rapid Promotion to Police Inspector
March
Contents:
Fire Brigade Dinner
Veteran In Same House for 81 Years
Weddings
– Dempsey & Lee
– Streets & Plater
Cinemas
– Empire, Majestic & Oxford (video)
Oxford Road Play by Church Members
The Gipsy Princess
– Operatic Society’s Production
April
Contents:
Weddings
– Brown & Moseley
– Ingman & Corcoran
– Lee & Nutt
– Poynton & Henshaw
– Whitehead & Gilligan
– Wright & Rowland
New Milk Bar – Sociability & Health
House on Castle Hill Avenue – £550
District Election Surprises
– Roman Terrace gets two members
New Councillor – Claude Gordon Bullock
Buccaneer Bazaar.
York & Lancaster Cooking Demo
Boy Gains Drama Award
– Silver Cup and Scholarship
May
Contents:
Obituary – Mrs Annie E Clayton
Wedding – Williams & Dennett
Free Christian Church Flower Queen
Tribute to Ald. G. Schofield
– New Tech School to Bear His Name
Loss To Scouting.
Moving Anti-Aircraft Battery
June
Contents:
Police Promotion
Weddings
– Manchester & Tyas
– Whitehouse & Wilson
– Good & Gough
– Grey & Lavelle
Plucky Rescue.
New Manager Nat Prov Bank
Cinemas
– Empire, Majestic & Oxford (video)
Church Garden Party
– Sideshows
– Baby Show
United Open-air Services
New Drill Hall at Roman Terrace
Strange Story of Suicide
– Man Hanged Himself at Friends House
July
Contents:
Wedding – Shepherd & Young
Fullerton Hospital Sports
A Floral Cross for a Good Friend
Mexborough Secondary School Sports
New Principal Schofield Tech
– Mr. M. Clark Appointed
Promising Young Middleweight
August
Contents:
Obituary – Mr G.W.Middleton
– Veteran Mexborough Naturalist
Presentation to Dr Bhalla
Wedding – Brown & Croft
Wedding – Hudson & Whitehouse
Aftermath of Storm
Flood Scenes in Mexborough
Value of Black-Out Minimised
– Weather Baulks Planes
County “Cap” for Ellis Robinson
Denaby 85 Mexborough 88 for 4
Mexborough Cricket Team
Clayton Shield Winner
Montague Burton Bowls Cup
Powers in The Midland League
September
Contents:
Fatal Hesitation – Boy’s Death
Death of Mexborough Sportsman
Accordion Star.
Weddings:
– Bisatt & Booth
– Hodgkinson & Myers
– Pepper & Atkinson
– Rowson & Jones
Blake’s Staff Dance
Public Baths for Mexborough
Diagnosis of Boy’s Illness
– Request for Investigation
Mexborough Horticultural Show
Fellowship Camp at Conway
Bedroom Suicide
Court Scene – Miner’s Threats
P.C. Praised – Early Morning Arrest
Yorkshire Council Final
– Mexborough 129 Scholes 61
– Scarborough Cup at Mexborough
A.R.P. Emergency Organisation
A.R.P. Trenches
Air Raid Wardens fitting Gas Masks
How To Make An Air Raid Shelter
Munich Agreement Gives Peace
October
Contents:
Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs W H Hill
“Flossie” The Fox Samples Night Air
Sunflowers – 12 feet tall !
188th (Mexboro’) Anti-Aircraft Battery
Wedding
– Thompson & Harrison
– Thomson & Garbutt
Cinemas
– Majestic – Stella Dallas (video)
– Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Owd Bob (video)
Hospital Bazaar
– Two Days £327
– Artificial Flowers
W.M.C. Cottage Garden Show
Festival Blow
Parents Gaoled – Neglected Baby
Mexborough Wrestling
November
Contents:
Giant Mushroom
– Queer Find in Mexborough Field
Wedding – Smalley & Boot
Boys Presence of Mind
– Recognised by R.S.P.C.A.
Fatal Accident In Pit
Ready For Christmas
Toy Making “School”
Cinemas
– Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Snow White & Seven Dwarfs (video)
Chrysanthemum Show
Ex-Service Men’s Association.
Armistice Sunday parade
New Drill Hall
Herbert Sutcliffe at Empire Cinema
Trophy Presented to Colliery Team
December
Contents:
Golden Wedding on Christmas Day
Gleemen Annual Dinner
Obituary – Former
Bank Manager
Weddings
– Clothier & England
– Salkeld & Goodman
– Severn & Worth
– Smith & Mothersdale
– Jeffcote & Move
Council Require Modern Road Roller
First Civic Dinner and Dance
Central Methodist Church Bazaar
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford
– Test Pilot – In Old Chicago –…
Empire – Many Improvements
Saint Georges Church Hall
Santa Claus shows them
Music Festival -Nixon Trophy
Council Trophy Presentation
Red Letter Day For Old Folk