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Cinemas – Majestic, Empire & Oxford – Secrets of a Secretary (video)

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, September 23, 1932 From YouTube:

White Rod

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, September 30, 1932 White Rod Mr Burgin, one of Mexborough’s blind residents, with the white walking stick issue by Mexborough Rotary club...

Marconigrams.- September 16th, 1932

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 September 1932 Marconigrams. Yo-yo is bringing back diabolo. Gardeners are complaining of a plague of caterpillars. “Expectation of life" has...

Luke White – A Murdered Preacher

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, September 30, 1932 Luke White - A Murdered Preacher Temperance and Tenure Mill Farm Cottage, Adwick on Dearne, the birthplace of Luke White. The...

Cowardly Assault – Attack on Swinton “Bookie”

September 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 September 1932 Cowardly Assault Attack on Swinton "Bookie" For what was described as a cowardly assault on Robert...

Mexborough   0  Chesterfield Reserves  2 – Leaders’ All-Round Superiority

11 September 1932
Sheffield Telegraph September 11, 1932 Leaders' All-Round Superiority at Mexborough. Mexborough   0  Chesterfield Reserves  2 Mexborough Athletic, making their second appearance at home, last, night, before 1,500...

Obituary – Robert Charles Stead

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 7th, 1932 Obituary. Stead – the funeral of Mr. Robert Charles Stead (82), one of Mexborough’s oldest residents, took place at...

Old Friends Meet

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 21th, 1932 Old Friends Meet Mr Charles Hanmer, producer of the film, “Black diamonds,” with “Masher”, from Hickleton Main colliery. “Masher”...

Record at Mexborough After 87 Hours

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 7th, 1932 Record at Mexborough After 87 Hours The world’s non-stop enjoys roller-skating record was broken at Olympia, Mexborough last weekend...

Our Portrait Gallery

October 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28th, 1932 Our Portrait Gallery Margery Crossley, Mexborough