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Railway Queen

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28th, 1939. An official photograph of the railway Queen and her retinue of Mexborough district girls.

The railway Exhibition At Mexborough

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28th, 1939. A section of the crowd round the huge crane which provided visitors to the exhibition with views of the...

Death of Councillor

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. The death occurred on Sunday at his home “Dolcliffe Vale,” Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, of Mr Robert Fowler, engineer and...

Moving to London

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939.   Subscribers to the Mexborough Montagu hospital learned with the crisis week that Mr John Nutter Drake, secretary superintendent of...

New Councillors – Mr G W Jepps

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 7th, 1939. New Councillors - Mr G W Jepps Mr G.W. Jepps, who secured election to the council at his first attempt...

Max Woosman Cup.

April 1939
South Yorkshire Times, April 28th, 1939. Number 3 Underground West, who beat ovens and brickwork 2–1 in the final of the Manvers Main collieries into...

Inquest On Wath Shunter- Run Over By Wagons

May 1939
  South Yorkshire Times, May 19th, 1935 THREE POSSIBILITIES "It is a matter of assumption," said the Doncaster District Coroner, Mr. W. H. Carlile, summing up after...

Youth Thrown Into Don- Death Due To Heart Failure

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times, May 12th 1939 Heart failure, and not drowning, as might have been expected, was found to have been the cause of the...

Clubs Annual Dinner

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times May 5, 1939. Mr W. F. Carr. (Centre), president of the Manvers L.B.W.football club, with officials and members, at the club's annual...

Dinner Dance

May 1939
South Yorkshire Times May 5, 1939. some of the guests who attended the Mexborough A.R.P dinner and dance on Friday