1939
Deaf Man Killed By Train – Tragedy While Taking Dog For Walk
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 05 January 1939
Deaf Man Killed By Train
Tragedy While Taking Dog For Walk
A verdict of Accidental death was...
Kilnhurst Ferry Provides Short Cut for Horses
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 2019
Heavy rain or snow are serious for Mr James William Smith, of Ferry House, Kilnhurst, for they bring...
Houses for The Asking – But Slum Dwellers Decline to Move
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 January 1939
Houses for The Asking
But Slum Dwellers Decline to Move
Thirty new houses which have been vacant...
A.R.P. Successes
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 25 January 1939
A.R.P. Successes
When Swinton Urban Council found difficulty’ in rallying women volunteers to the A.R.P. service last September,...
Floods Might Have Been Worse – Agricultural Land Mainly Affected
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1939
Floods in South Yorkshire
Might Have Been Worse
Agricultural Land Mainly Affected
Don Bursts Its Banks
Melting snow in the higher...
Snow, Ice, Fog and Floods in South Yorkshire
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 03 January 1939
Winter Again Cuts Off Northern Villages
Flooding Threat in Sheffield Area
Blizzards swept the North of England...
Injured Head At Work
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Monday 13 February 1939
Injured Head At Work
A Kilnhurst youth, Horace Pond (18), of 21, Birdwell Road, was admitted to the...
Kilnhurst Woman taken to Hospital with Broken Ribs at Cup Tie
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 13 February 1939
Sheffield United 0 Grimsby Town 0 F.A. Cup
Some of the gates were closed just before two o’clock,...
Stationmaster Retires – “Corpse” In Glass Case Reminiscence
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 24th 1939
Stationmaster Retires
“Corpse" In Glass Case Reminiscence
Mr. N. E. Osborne, Of Kilnhurst
After seventeen years at Kilnhurst L.M.S. Station. and...
Kilnhurst R.A.0.B Ceremony
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 10, 1939
Kilnhurst R.A.0.B Ceremony
The presentation of a cigarette case and lighter to Bro. W. Spinks, K.O.M., who has been...