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Four Generations – Branch of an Old Wombwell Family
1886   Jul Sudden Death at Wombwell
1911   Nov Pavilion Owner’s Debts
1916   Apr The Late Mr William Washington
1917   Jun Wombwell Pluck – Scoutmaster Rescues Three Children
1917   Jun Wombwell War Worker’s Manifold Activities
1917   Oct Dead in Workhouse Yard
1917   Nov Food and Prices
1918   Sep Wombwell Boy Hero
1918   Oct A Pretty Pike
1919   May Wombwell Man’s Sudden Death – Collapsed Whilst Smoking His Pipe.
1919   Jun Plucky Miner – Gallant Rescue of Children at Wombwell.
1919   Aug An Airman’s Luck – Wombwell Boxer’s Miraculous Escape.
1919   Aug Seaside “Flip.”
1919   Aug The Town Crier’s Complaint
1919   Sep Touring a Corpse – Strange  Happenings – Coroner’s Remarks.
1919   Nov Meet Mr. Edgar M. Knight – “The African Medicine Man.”
1919   Dec Wombwell Carter’s Death.
1919   Dec A Wonderful Dog – Unique Ceremony at Wombwell
1919   Dec Police Inspectors Retirement – Valued Wombwell official.
192 80 On The “Jervis Bay” – Wombwell Man’s Graphic Story
1922   Mar Not Been out of Street for 12 Years
1927   Jan Bed for New Ward at Barnsley Beckett Hospital
1927   Jan Charleston – A Controversial Dance ?
1927   Jan R.A.O.B. – A Noted “Buff”
1927   Feb An Armful
1927   Feb Austrian Refugee Returns Home
1927   Feb Rhubarb Dick
1927   Mar Wombwell Five Brigade – 20 Years Service
1927   Apr Smallpox – 5 Cases in One house
1927   May Silver Watch for Lifesaver
1927   Jun Excellent Work by Woman Secretary
1927   Jun Liberal Reformer
1927   Jul A Tiny Rate Saver
1927   Jul History – The “King of Wombwell”
1927   Jul The Cooling Fountain
1927   Aug Home Nursing
1927   Sep The ‘‘Phantom” Whippet – Prefers Freedom To The Course.
1927   Oct Frolicsome Alsatian
1927   Oct Missing Man – A Wombwell Mystery
1927   Nov 100 Descendants – Last Surviving Widow of Lundhill Explosion
1927   Nov Missing Man Returns
1927   Dec Pride of Low Valley – Gay old Goer that has Done Half a Million
1928   Jan The “Times” In China.
1928   Mar A Red Litter
1928   May Charity Secretary
1928   May Plucky Rescue – Royal Humane Certificate.
1928   May Sudden Death – Tea-Table Tragedy – Heart Failure.
1928   May LNER Booking Clerk
1928   Jun Child Mauled By Pony – Rescue by Girl And Schoolboy.
1928   Jun Last Lundhill Widow – Death of Mrs. Mary Morris
1928   Jun Tribute to Roy Kilner from America
1928   Jul Pigeon’s Adventure – Wombwell Bird That Fell Into Good French Hands.
1928   Aug A Canine Nurse
1928   Sep A Wombwell Pioneer – Player and Secretary – Mr John Pascoe
1928   Sep Ledger Thrill – Brampton Man’s Luck and Promptitude – Greyhound Saved.
1928   Oct Jump Woman’s Rare Distinction.
1928   Oct Postman’s Knock – Wombwell Man’s Retirement – A Christmas Dinner At Home !
1928   Nov A Veteran of Lundhill
1928   Dec A Wombwell Presentation.
1928   Dec Wombwell Man’s Oxford Distinction
1929   Feb Incorporated Secretaries’ Association Success
1929   Mar Prize Winner at Pontefract Music Festival
1929   Mar Wombwell Men’s Reminiscences – Three Weeks Shipwrecked
1929   Apr New Skipping Record
1929   May A Darfield Veteran – Recollections of Life in India.
1929   May Miners’ Welfare Presentation
1929   May Wombwell Architect to Shropshire
1929   Jun New General Practitioner
1929   Jun Wombwell’s Oldest.
1929   Jul First Class Honours Degree
1929   Jul Wombwell Couple’s 50 Years Married Life – Bliss in Caravan – Australian Adventure.
1929   Oct To Blackpool – Great-grandmother Marvels at the Illuminations
1929   Nov “Dad’s Medals”   
1929   Dec Departure of Prominent Figure
1929   Dec M.P.’s Granny – More Memories of Lundhill
1929   Dec Taste for Good Music
1929   Dec Pit Yard Tragedy – Wombwell Main Foreman’s Collapse.
1931   Oct Two Old Readers
1931   Nov Wombwell Army Recruits
1931   Nov Wombwell Teacher’s Promotion – An Admirable Crichton
1932   Jan Jump players’ Virgin Mother
1932   Apr “Starkey”, the Station Cat
1932   Apr Bernard Shaw’s “Double”
1932   Apr Emigrated With 14 Children – Wombwell Woman’s Death In U.S.A.
1932   Apr Petit Pit – Jump Miner Digging For Abdy Seam – Pluck plus Luck
1932   Apr “Hooam An’ Away”
1932   May Railwayman Retires
1932   Jun Bumping into Henry Bibbing
1932   Jun Romantic Reunion of Brothers at Wombwell
1932   Jul A Broomhill Family of Nineteen Perfectly Happy
1932   Jul Schoolmaster Retired
1932   Jul The Backyard Beautiful
1932   Jul Wombwell’s Oldest Woman – Happy at 91
1932   Jul YMA Seniority – Mr John Gawthorpe
1932   Jul YMA Seniority – Mr. George Ledger
1932   Aug Four Generations!
1932   Aug Inquest on Tom Robinson
1932   Aug Jump Family’s Challenge To Record
1932   Aug Lost On the Moors – Hiker’s Eerie Experience – Night in Shepherd’s Hut
1932   Aug The Women’s Part – Getting Ready For Football – The Weaker Sex ?
1932   Aug Young Miner’s Theatre – Cinema in Wombwell Council House
1932   Aug Successful at Barnsley Fanciers
1932   Sep Musical Director for Season
1932   Sep No Admittance – The Fly Pest in America – Darfield Girls Tip
1932   Sep Old George and yo-yo – Harmless But Daft
1932   Sep War flights – A Wombwell pilot
1932   Sep Wombwellite on the Wing – Up with Swiss on the Perch club
1932   Oct Cobbling at 89 – Joseph Taylor of Wombwell – World’s oldest?
1932   Oct Wombwell Man with Palestine Police – Among the Arabs
1932   Nov Oldest “Newsboy” – Wombwell “All-Weather” Veteran
1932   Dec Six Sisters
1932   Dec Some Notable Losses
1932   Dec The Year’s Obituary
1933   Jan “Honours” List – Mentioned In Wombwell’s Despatches – “Awards” Of Merit
1933   Jan Church Lad’s Brigade Loss
1933   Feb Queer Hobbies – Wombwell Plumber’s Speciality – Cactus Culture
1933   Feb Wombwell Honour – ‘Bus Proprietor’s Appointment
1933   Mar “The Haunt Of The King Fisher”
1934   Jan Assistant Town Clerk of Gillingham
1934   Jan Retirement of Mr. C. E. Dagley
1934   Feb Four Generations – A Wombwell Clan
1934   Feb Four Generations – Brampton Veteran – 2 Big Thrills in 83 Years
1937   Jan Frank Collindridge on Russia
1937   Jan Wombwell’s Coronation Queen
1937   Feb Ambulance Convivial
1937   Mar Cheery Man Missing – Wombwell Main Woman’s Search
1937   May Wombwell’s Oldest Inhabitant
1937   May Wright’s Amusements
1937   Jun Roman Catholic Stalwart Passes Away
1937   Jul Four Generations at Wombwell
1937   Jul New Magistrate – Wombwell Man Honoured
1937   Jul The “Penny a Week “ Special
1937   Jul The House that Martin Built
1937   Aug Dignity and Impudence
1937   Aug Old Folks Treat – Party for 800 at Wombwell
1937   Aug Unusual Friendship
1937   Sep In Shanghai – Brampton Man’s Cable Reassured Family
1937   Sep Tames Savage Dogs – Man Who “Has A Way With ‘Em”
1937   Sep Wombwell Man’s Collapse In Essex – Domestic Tragedy
1937   Oct Railway Romance
1937   Nov Fine Feathers – Wombwell Girl’s Interesting Hobby – Foreign Birds
1937   Nov New Dearne Valley Water Board President
1937   Nov Sisters To Broadcast
1937   Dec “Plough boy” of 73
1937   Dec Can You Do It? Steady Hand and Nerve Needed
1938   Jan Wombwell Man’s Impressions – Canada Good –But England Better
1938   Feb Family Reunion at the Funeral of Mr John P Lingard
1938   Feb Wombwell Nurse in Spain – Miss E. Rarraclough at Vigo
1938   May Good Word for Road Manners
1938   Jun Cavalcade of Beauty – Carnival Queen Candidates – Final Phase of s Ballot
1938   Jul Grand Old Aldham Couple – Wombwell Murder Recalled
1938   Aug “Times” Reader for 48 Years
1938   Aug Examination Success
1938   Aug Father With Broken Spine Learns of Son’s Scholarship Success
1938   Sep “Broken Heart” Death – Old Wombwell Couple to be Buried Together
1938   Oct Charles Jarratt -Yorkshire’s best Developed Man
1938   Oct Wonderful Old Lady
1938   Nov Four Generations – Wath & Wombwell Connections
1938   Nov Neighbours of 40 years Find Out They are Cousins
1938   Nov Rescued from Pit – Ferret
1938   Nov Yorkshire’s Perfect Man
1938   Dec Cheated Death Twice – Now Head of Four Generations – Does His Own Housework
1939   Jan “Exits And Entrances” – Book By Mr. E. S. Roberts – Reference To Wombwell
1939   Jan Brampton Girl to Appear in Jessie Matthews Show
1939   Feb Constable’s New Post.
1939   Feb Old Hemingfield – National Defence in Crimean Days – When Mail Coach Was Robbed
1939   Feb Presentation to Wombwell Man Who Shook Hands with the King
1939   Mar Four Generations at Wombwell
1939   Mar Jump Airman – Ambition To Be Pilot – Special Training at Bristol
1939   Mar King Saw Her Skill – Child’s Thrilling Adventure – Spoke To Their Majesties
1939   Mar School Mistress Retiring
1939   Mar Wombwell Artist Studying In London
1939   Mar Wombwell Hospital Queen
1939   Mar Wombwell’s Champion Ticket Seller.
1939   May Surprise for Wombwell Parents Girl’s Post In Lithuania – “Going Abroad – Can I?”
1939   May Wombwell Mare That Started in Circus – A Pretty Pair
1939   Jun Assistant Scoutmaster Called Up.
1939   Jun Rising 90 – Greetings for Veteran Churchwarden
1939   Jul Eighty Now
1939   Jul Honours Degree
1939   Jul Jump Miners Bid for Physical Culture Prize – Among Best in Europe
1939   Jul Ready Writer
1939   Jul Tommy Todd’s Toe – Old Wombwell Legend Investigated – How A Corn Was “Cured”
1939   Jul Lightning Strikes Down Chimney
1939   Aug Back from South Africa
1939   Aug Remarkable Family of Eleven Children – Ages Total 764 Years
1939   Aug Umbrella Mushroom
1939   Sep Great-Grandmother at 58 
1939   Sep Great-Grandmother At 58
1939   Oct Slacks and Skaters
1939   Oct Scouts Join Up – Wombwell Troop Loses Popular Leaders
1939   Nov Cortonwood Clerk to become Minister
1939   Nov Missing Miner – Families Anxiety – Missing a Fortnight
1939   Nov Wombwell Main Traditions – Romantic Union of Two Old Families
1940   Jan Owl Crosses Atlantic – But Gets Bunkered at Liverpool
1940   Jan Wombwell Veteran’s “Hat Trick” Ambition – Wants To Join Up
1940   Jan Artist Benefactor – Wombwell Scholars’ New Banner for Old
1940   Mar T.W.U. Post
1941   Aug Family ” Tree “
1941   Nov Important Post for Wombwell Man – Deputy Town Clerk of Hackney
1941   Dec Mine Manager 21 Years – Mr. H. Fawcett Retires From Cortonwood
1942   Jan Four Generations of Methodist Family
1942   Jan Statue of Winston Churchill
1942   May Was In Hong Kong – Wombwell Man Held Government Post
1942   Aug Wombwell Main Presentation – Appreciation of Long Service
1942   Dec Transport Chief
1944   Jul In East Africa
1944   Jul Miss N. Hempson For Spain – Wombwell Main Director’s Daughter
1944   Aug Mexborough and Wombwell Connections
1944   Nov Content of “Two Trees” – High Price at Wombwell Sale
1947   Mar Swollen Rivers after Thaw – Flood Comes To Yorkshire – Refuge in Bedrooms
1947   May Five Generations of Smiths
1947   Jun Hunt for Small-Pox Contacts
1947   Oct Mother Wins Pools – Son Will Have Holiday
1947   Nov Village Haunted –  ‘Ghost’ Sounds Like Owl
1949   Mar Pin-Up Girl
1949   Jul Flying to Denmark – Wombwell Nurse Chosen by Ballot
1949   Jul Miner “Held Up” By 20,000 Bees
1949   Jul Wombwell Man at Palace
1949   Sep Best Cultivated Allotments.
1949   Oct Husband and Wife Die Same Day
1950   Dec Man in ‘Times’ Square
1951   Jan Very Seasonable-Of Course!
1951   Jan Wombwell Bride Sails East For Reunion in Hong Kong
1951   Mar Turns Home Into Boys’ Club – Crippled Miners’ Fine Leadership
1951   May Promoted Sergeant – From Wombwell to Mexborough
1951   Jul Degree in Zoology
1951   Dec Brilliant Engineer – Brampton Student Heads National List
1957   Jan Off to Canada – Brampton family decide to emigrate
1957   Jan Wardle the Idol – Wombwell girl writes from South Africa
1957   Apr Emigrating To USA – Two Wombwell Girls Will Travel Together
1957   Jun Wedding Present of Tea Service
1957   Sep Dearne Valley Entertainers and I.T.V. “Hitch”
1957   Nov Grannies For U.S.A. – Wombwell and Mexboro Passengers for “Q.E.”
1958   Jun “Six Feet Three” Of Wombwell In Yesterday’s Trooping Ceremony
1958   Oct Octogenarian Basket Weaving
1958   Nov Bridge Over The Atlantic – Society of St. George Make Mercy Trip Possible
1959   Jan Wants a Change – So Brampton Nurse Is Going to Australia
1959   Mar Mr J Hudson F.R.E.S. – Recognition for Wombwell Man
1959   Jun Seeking the Sunshine – Leaving Wombwell
1959   Aug “Grand Old Lady” Of Wombwell – Mrs Eliza Riley Will Soon Be Ninety-Five
1959   Aug “Penny-farthing” Locomotion
1959   Aug 95 In November
1959   Aug Ha’penny Newspapers
1959   Aug Ha’penny Newspapers – Wombwell Recollections of 70 Years in Trade
1959   Aug Pheasant’s in West Street
1960   Jan Four Generations at Low Valley
1960   Mar Minister of Defence – Guard of Honour
1960   Aug The First Entrant             
1960   Aug Wombwell Boy Has The Job He Always Wanted-Apprentice Jockey
1960   Sep Battle of Waterloo Relic
1960   Sep Old Wathonian Flight to Visit Wombwell Parents
1960   Oct Title Bid
1967   May Two Top Dancers
1967   Sep Weddings – Charlton & Fretwell – Ibbotson & Pepper
1967   Dec Detroit Soul Sound Welcome Geno Washington
1968   Feb Brampton Wren
1968   Jun Acker Bilk at Brampton
1968   Sep Swimming Session
1969   Jan Baby Comes First
1969   Mar B.B.C.S. Junior Music Festival
1969   Mar Soon To Emigrate To Australia
1969   Aug Where’s That Face?
1969   Aug Underneath The Arches
1969   Aug Prize Giving Day.
1969   Nov Certain Hat-Trick
1970   Jan Scaling the Mast at H.M.S. Ganges
1970   Jan Top Artists – Anita Allen Show
1970   Mar To Get Medal From Queen Mother
1970   May Mike Yarwood at Brampton
1970   May Prison Is Next ‘Gig’ for Turnstyles