Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 08 October 1921

Marconigrams.

Who says that Kaiser lost the war? He hasn’t paid any taxes for three years.

An amateur dramatic society is being formed at Denaby Main.

A sharp controversy on Church matters is being waged at Swinton.

The famous Black Dyke band gave two concerts at Wombwell on Sunday.

The Conisborough Choral Society will surely perform “Hiawatha”.

Some good coal contracts have come the way of this district recently.

Two Franciscan Friars from North Wales are conducting a Roman Catholic mission at Denaby Main.

Colliery peace workers in this district receive an advance of wages for October average about three shillings a shift.

It is possible that provision will shortly be made for special teaching in classical subjects at the Mexborough Secondary School.

“If I was compelled to change my citizenship, I should like to become a Neapolitan.” – Mr Lloyd George.

The winter price of milk in London is 9d a quart – the summer price in this district.

Mexborough ex-servicemen are making a determined effort to preserve the existence of Mexborough as a local headquarters for war pension.

A correspondent suggest that the very successful piling classes held in Denaby Main some years ago to be revived as part of an evening school course in music.

“The country’s morals are becoming those of the poultry yard, and women’s dresses would make their African sisters blush.” – Vicar of Bangor.

The Board of Education will hold an enquiry in the Church Hall, Conisborough on October 27 into the proposal to build a Roman Catholic School at Denaby Main.

Mr F.R. Fishbourne, the Great Central Railway Stationmaster at Mexborough, has been appointed Goods Agent for Mexborough. He will retain his present duties as stationmaster.

There are 600 pupils at the Mexborough Secondary School, and it is not anticipated that this number will ever be much less, even when further provision of secondary school accommodation is made in the district.

We publish elsewhere in this issue the views of Father Leteux, of Denaby Main, on the Roman Catholic attitude to socialism.

Why not a Mexborough Shopping Week? Why not an organised effort by the tradesmen of Mexborough to show South Yorkshire what can be done in the way of window dressing, salesmanship, and value for money? What Pontefract can do, Mexborough can do twice as well.

The Swinton Lawn Tennis Club are holding a dance on Friday, October 14 in the Church Hall, Swinton. Dancing 8 to 2; tickets 2s 6d . Each, can be obtained from any of the members