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Mexborough Montagu Hospital

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 09 June 1928 Mexborough Hospital With regard to the latest development of the unfortunate dispute at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, the...

Ferry to Old Denaby

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1928 A Full Load. One of the standing Whitsuntide treats, for Mexborough folk, young and old, is the trip across...

Folk-Dancing At Mexborough

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1928 Folk-Dancing At Mexborough A very pleasing feature at the Mexborough School Sports, held on the Mexborough Athletic ground last...

Mexborough’s Public Baths.

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1928 Mexborough’s Public Baths. Even the Don, with its mud and smell, is better than no baths !  

Old Boat House

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1928 This old cottage, a familiar feature of the landscape to those who walk along Cadeby Lane and look...

Old Mexborough – Rural Justice

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1928 Here are photographs of old Mexborough cottages- which link the town with the rural justice of its old...

£50 Betting Fine.

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 27 June 1928 £50 Betting Fine. For having kept a betting house, James Parker, a bookmaker, of Mexborough, was fined...

Mexborough 171 Barnsley 139 for 7

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1928 Brook Browbeats Barnsley.          Mexboro' had lost 4 wickets for 40 runs at Shaw Lane on Tuesday: then Eric...

Swinton 153 Mexborough 154 for 7 – Hard-Hitting Enables Mexborough To Win

28 June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 28, 1929 Swinton Again Defeated Hard-Hitting Enables Mexborough To Win There were some "fireworks" in the annual Feast match between Mexboro' and...

Dog Rescues Child – A Quick-Witted Playmate

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 20, 1928 Dog Rescues Child. A Quick-Witted Playmate A dog's sagacity was the means of saving an eight-year-old girl from drowning on...