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1883 Mar    A Wombwell Property Owner Fined.
1887 Apr    Wombwell Local Board Election
1892 Sep    The Smallpox Case at Wombwell
1893 Mar    Wombwell Local Board Election
1905 Oct    Councillor’s Mysterious Death – Coroner’s Inquest
1910 Jul    A Growing District
1917 Apr    Third Year of Office
1917 Oct    Borough Powers Wanted
1918 Jan    Food Control – Wombwell Adopt Birmingham Scheme
1918 May    Wombwell Council’s 600 New Houses
1918 Aug    No Milk for Twelve Months.
1919 Jan    Successful Architect – Mr. D. H. Roberts.
1919 Jan    Wombwell’s Architects for 582 municipal houses
1919 Mar    County Elections. – Public Apathy. – Local Labour Successes.
1919 Apr    Some New Councillors
1919 Apr    Wombwell Council’s New Chairman.
1919 Apr    Wombwell’s New Era.
1919 Jun    Wombwell’s Memorial Park.
1919 Aug    Council’s Appeal To Miners.
1919 Aug    Sanitation at Lundhill.
1919 Aug    Wombwell’s Health.
1919 Oct    Don and Dearne Valley Borough Councils
1919 Oct    Wombwell Housing – Scheme Held Up.
1919 Nov    Dearne Valley Progress – Extensive Municipal Trading Projected.
1919 Nov    Wombwell’s Memorial and Wombwell Baths
1919 Dec    Wombwell’s “Direct Snub.”
1921 Dec    School Teachers from The Unemployed!
1922 Nov    The General Election – Don Valley Candidates
1927 Jan    Clean Milk -Wombwell Campaign – “Grade A.” Methods
1927 Jan    Mr John Belshaw and the New Year
1927 Feb    Handling Dustbins – Sanitary Inspectors Smart Idea
1927 Mar    Municipal Elections – New Interest
1927 Mar    New Labour Councillor
1927 Mar    Notice from Independent Labour candidate
1927 Apr    New Councillors
1927 May    Rate Collector
1927 Sep    King’s Road Estate
1927 Sep    New Wombwell Councillor
1927 Sep    Wombwell Houses – Condemnation of Back To-Back Type.
1927 Sep    Wombwell Houses Medical Officer’s Reply to Criticism.
1927 Sep    Wombwell Municipal Houses – Over 500 Erected – Public Duty Well Done
1927 Oct    Irving Washington – Remarkable Demonstration of Public Respect
1927 Nov    An Offer To Wombwell Council
1927 Dec    Health Statistics – Wombwell M.O. and Years 1926 and 1927.
1927 Dec    Councillor F Collindridge
1927 Dec    Gilchrist Lectures
1928 Jan    Down on the Dogs – Opposition to Greyhound Racing. Council Supports Protest
1928 Jan    Rent and Rates
1928 Feb    Netherwood Hall
1928 Mar    County Council Representative
1928 Mar    Local Elections – Board of Guardians
1928 Mar    The Gilchrist Lectures
1928 Apr    Head of Guardian’s Poll
1928 Apr    New Councillors and Guardians
1928 May    Houses for All At Wombwell – Builders In Area Cater For Owner-Occupiers.
1928 Oct    Men of Note in Local Sport. A Wombwell Maker. Long Career on Field and Board.
1928 Nov    Wombwell Chairman’s Complaint Against Public.
1929 Jan    Dearne District Light Railway
1929 Mar    Candidates for the Councils – South Yorkshire Urban & Rural Nominations  
1929 Mar    Election Candidate – Victor Burrows
1929 Mar    Election Candidate – F.T. Hatswell
1929 Mar    Election Candidate – Mr Tom Newsome
1929 Mar    Election Candidates – Cyril Callaghan
1929 Mar    The New Councillors – Men & Women Who Won First Victories
1929 Apr    Wombwell Hospital Movement Chairman.
1929 May    1929 General Election, May 30, 1929
1929 Jun    Resident M.P.
1929 Jun    Wombwell Council’s Approval of School Scheme.
1929 Sep    Wombwell U.D.C. – Civic Reception – Ante-Natal Clinic – Gallant Youths.
1929 Nov     Wombwell’s War on Disease -This “Cleanliness Is Godliness.”
1929 Nov    Wombwell Health Week Prizes.                             
1929 Nov    Wombwell Unemployed Workers’ Committee Secretary
1929 Dec    Departure of Prominent Figure
1929 Dec    “All Quiet on the Western Front” – Library’s “Discretional” Ban – Conflicting Views.
1929 Dec    Three Local Appointments on Magistrates Bench
1930 Apr    Sheffield Inspectors Post for East Africa
1931 May    New Reservoir – £9,000 Scheme for Jump
1931 Jun    Dearne Valley Traffic Pool Adopted – 34 Years Agreement
1932 Apr    “Hooam An’ Away”
1932 Apr    Councillor – Douglas Lee
1932 Apr    Councillor – Reginald Thomas Preston
1932 Apr    Councillor – Tom Newsome
1932 Apr    Councillor – William Stubbs
1932 Apr    Election Address – Douglas Lee
1932 Apr    Election Address – Victor Edward Burrows
1932 May    Wombwell U.D.C. – Short Meeting – Gas Profits
1932 Jun    Another Scramble
1932 Jun    Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 1. Wombwell Scheme (Opposition)
1932 Jun    Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 1. The Wombwell Scheme
1932 Jun    Dearne Valley Reorganisation – 2. The Darfield Scheme
1933 Jan    Wombwell U D C Chairman
1933 Feb    Local Rulers – Mr J.A. Hall – Wombwell U.D.C.
1933 Apr    An Awkward Emergency
1933 Apr    The Local Elections – Full Results
1933 Apr    The Local Elections – Some New Members
1933 Apr    Wombwell U.D.C. – Odds And Ends – Increased Rate
1934 Jan    Assistant Town Clerk of Gillingham
1934 Feb    New County Districts West Riding Proposals Completed
1937 Mar    County Council Elections – Labour Not Successful – Balance Unchanged
1937 Apr    Coal Gas Contract
1937 Apr    New Chairman of Wombwell U.D.C
1937 Apr    Town Goes Gay – Ready For The Coronation – Another “Reight Do”
1937 May    Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
1937 Sep    Civic Heads of Other Days – Interesting Group of Darfield Council
1937 Nov    Dearne Drainage
1937 Dec    Wombwell Joining Up With Jump and Hoyland
1938 Jan    Holiday Pupils Jeer Friends at School
1938 Jan    Official Retires
1938 Mar    New Baths Manager – Hull Man Secures Wombwell Post
1938 Aug    Examination Success
1938 Sep    Improvements at Wombwell – Proposals for New Post Office and Hotel
1938 Oct    Bisley Man’s Wombwell Appointment – Schools Enquiry Officer
1938 Oct    Retirement of Enquiry Officer
1938 Nov    Parents Warned at Wombwell – Diphtheria Infection Dangers
1938 Nov    Appointment of Secretary of Wombwell Labour Party
1938 Dec    Pithead Baths for Wombwell
1938 Dec    Burning Pit Dump at Darfield
1939 Jan    Arctic Conditions at Wombwell – Melting Snow In Order To Wash
1939 Feb    N.U.R. Secretary
1939 Mar    Councillor Resigns – “Times” Report Confirmed
1939 Mar    Local Election Results
1939 Apr    Coun. Hall’s Stirring Speech From The Chair.
1939 Apr    Labour Triumph
1939 Jul    Labour Walkover – E. Wainwright Returned at Wombwell
1939 Jul    Physical Fitness Without Tears.
1941 May    Meals at 3 ½ d – Wombwell Councillor Wants Explanation
1941 Jul    Worsboro’ U.D.C. Clerk
1941 Aug    Conditional Sales – Wombwell Food Committee Queues
1942 Apr    Wombwell Council’s Choice – Coun. J. A. Hall Again Chairman
1942 May    Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton
1942 Oct    New County Alderman – Wombwell Councillor Appointed
1947 Jan    To Carry on Public Work – Retired Councillor PB Nicholson, J.P.
1947 Oct    Council Rejects the ‘Local Lads’ for Cemetery Job
1949 Mar    Wombwell Track Licence: Council to Object
1949 May    Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates
1949 Sep    Best Cultivated Allotments.
1950 Jul    They May Be Miners M.P. In The Future
1951 Apr    Towns’ Census Watch – Population Trends
1951 Oct    Election: Who’s Who
1951 Nov    Election Notebook – Flag For Tory Victory Was Sabotaged
1951 Nov    Election Results in Don & Dearne Valleys
1951 Nov    No Change but Majorities Down
1957 Jan    In Honours List – British Empire Medal for Wombwell Councillor
1959 Apr    Councillor Bradley stepped down
1959 Jun    Nursing Cadets at the Civic Sunday parade.
1959 Jun    Wombwell’s Civic Sunday Parade
1959 Aug    Miners’ Choice – Mr. E. Wainwright, B.E.M. “Named” for Dearne Valley
1959 Sep    Clear Majority Decision – Coun. E. Wainwright is Chosen
1959 Sep    New Branch Library
1959 Sep    Wentworth Candidate: A Choice of Two
1959 Oct    Labour Candidate for the Dearne Valley
1959 Oct    Socialist At 16 – Now New Member of Wombwell U.D.C.
1959 Oct    The Triumphant Candidate
1959 Oct    Wombwell Man in at Bradford
1960 Jan    “First Impressions” Of Westminster & Maiden Speech
1960 Jan    Deputy Clerk At Wombwell
1960 Mar    Presentation to Mr & Mrs Paling
1960 Mar    Wombwell U.D.C.’s Civic Dinner
1967 Feb    Wombwell Local Labour Party Presentation
1968 Feb    Enjoying the Show
1969 Jul    Labour Women’s Garden Party.
1970 Apr    Fire Service Appointment
1970 May    Party Machine Wheels Beginning to Turn for General Election
1970 May    Liberal Enters ‘field’
1970 Jun    Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire
1970 Jun    Polling Day Highlights in South Yorkshire – The Voters
1970 Jun    Voters have their say in Labour stronghold