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Musical Festival – Encouraging First Day at Mexborough.

October 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 08 October 1927 Musical Festival. Encouraging First Day at Mexborough. Tho 10th annual Mexborough Musical Competition Festival opened yesterday in...

Mr. W. T. Tiptaft – Mexborough’s Oldest Trader – Sudden Seizure In Street.

October 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 7, 1927 Mr. W. T. Tiptaft. Mexborough's Oldest Trader. Sudden Seizure In Street. Last Saturday morning the death occurred very suddenly...

“Times” Reader in China

October 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 7, 1927 Here is a snapshot of one of our many local readers who are serving the flag in various...

“Times” Readers in Shanghai

October 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 21, 1927 Feeling a little jealous when I saw the snapshot of those lads from India in the `Times,' "...

Wireless for Mexborough Hospital – Mr. Fred Woffinden’s Thank-Offering.

October 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 21, 1927 A Birthday Gift. Wireless for Mexborough Hospital. Mr. Fred Woffinden's Thank-Offering. Mr. Fred Woffinden, of Church Street, Mexborough, celebrated his 70th...

Cinema – Empire, Royal and Oxford – Michael Strogoff (video)

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28, 1927 From You Tube:

Hospital’s Problems – Big Reduction in Overdraft at Mexborough.

October 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 15 October 1928 Hospital’s Problems. Big Reduction in Overdraft at Mexborough. At the quarterly meeting of the Mexborough Montagu Hospital...

Famous Musicians at Musical Festival

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 14, 1927 Sir Richard R. Teddy (left) and Dr E Martin Lee, adjudicating at the Mexborough Musical competition Festival last...

Great Gale – Mexborough Damage

October 1927
Sheffield Independent - Monday 31 October 1927 The Great Gale which swept the country on Friday night caused some local havoc. In Mexborough it was unsafe...

The Pasture Bridge

October 1927
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 14, 1927 The Pasture Bridge The reconstructed bridge over the canal at Mexborough, which has just been completed. The bridge replaces...