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Rising Elocutionist

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 28, 1927 Mr Hedley Hepworth, Park Road, Mexborough, a rising elocutionist, who is to broadcast from the Sheffield station today...

Smallpox Epidemic Still Severe – Mexborough the Storm Centre

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 28, 1927 Smallpox Epidemic Still Severe Mexborough the Storm Centre Swinton and the anti-vaccinationists While the smallpox virus holds its own in this...

Gale Damage

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 4, 1927 A cottage in Garden Street, Mexborough, which suffered in the Gale last Friday. The gable was blown out...

Mexborough Amateur Operatic – “The Duke of Plaza Toro”

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 25 Mr CB Frith of Sheffield, who is to play “The Duke of Plaza Toro” in the Mexborough Amateur Operatic...

Mexborough FC – Atrocious Misfortune

February 1927
Mexborough Swinton Times February 11, 1927 Mexborough have indeed struck a patch of the most atrocious misfortune. As if the new trouble which is incapacitated...

Mexborough from the Air

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 18 9027 An aerial view of Mexborough from the south, with river, railway, and canal in the foreground, and High...

Smallpox Unabated – Nine Cases in one house

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 4, 1927 Smallpox Unabated More Cases in Mexborough and Swinton Nine in one house Though the smallpox epidemic seems to be dying down...

Community Singing at Mexborough

March 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 18, 1927 A flashlight view of the audience in the Empire Theatre, Mexborough, at the community singing concert ...