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First-Aid Cabinet – Gift To Nursing Division – Generous Friend
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
First-Aid Cabinet
Gift To Wombwell Nursing Division
A Generous Friend
A pleasant little ceremony was performed in the Wombwell Library on Tuesday...
Wedding – Barnes & Botham
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
Wedding: Barnes & Botham
Miss Mary Barnes, youngest. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barnes, 7, Jardine Street, Wombwell, was...
May Monarch
South Yorkshire Time, June 2nd 1933
May Monarch
Lilian Bannister, the crowned Queen, and her court, at the spring and anniversary festivities at the open-air school...
A “Junior” Queen
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
A “Junior” Queen
Megan Bintcliffe, May Queen of the Junior Ellis School , Brampton Bierlow.
May Festival At Brampton
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
May Festival At Brampton
A charming picture of the Ellis School, Brampton Bierlow on Tuesday, May Queen: Winifred Kitchen.
Wombwell Hero – Thrilling Rescue From Trent – Woman Saved
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933
Wombwell Hero
Thrilling Rescue From Trent
Woman Saved
Mr. Thomas Henry Bibbing, a Wombwell man now living at Rotherham, was...
Norman Kilner – First Century Against Yorkshire – Mitchell Main Product
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
Norman Kilner
First Century Against Yorkshire
A Mitchell Main Product
The Wombwell district has sent forth its "Stars" of cricket to the...
Postal Appointment
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
Postal Appointment
Mr. Charles Taylor has taken up his appointment as postmaster at Wombwell in succession to Mr. J. E....
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Weekly Telegraph – Saturday 11 October 1884
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
During the month of September the total quantity of coal sent to...
Rifling Waggons at Swinton
Sheffield Independent – Tuesday 15 July 1884
Rifling Waggons at Swinton
John Hindes, labourer, was brought up in custody on a charge of being in an...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 10 September 1884
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
According to the returns just issued the falling off in the tonnage sent...
South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 16 July 1884
South Yorkshire Steam Coal Trade and Traffic with Hull
The steam coal trade...
South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 11 June 1884
The South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull
The returns for the past month...
Wedding – Jenkinson & Skidmore
South Yorkshire Times, September 22nd, 1933
Wedding: Skidmore & Jenkinson
Miss Mary Jenkinson, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jenkinson, 1, Melton Avenue, Brampton, was...
Old Friends – A Jump Joke of the “Sixties” – The Survivors
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933
Old Friends
A Jump Joke of the “Sixties”
The Survivors
Here is a picture that recalls a romantic incident of nearly 70...
Wedding – Thompson & Ashton
South Yorkshire Times, September 22nd, 1933
Wedding: Ashton & Thompson
At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday, Miss Ivy Thompson, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A....
South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade.
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 14 May 1884
South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade.
The Hull coal return for the...
Methodist Church Christian Endeavour
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933
Miss E. Hutchinson presided at a meeting of the Methodist Church Christian Endeavour on Wednesday when an address was...
Winners of Elliott Cup
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933
Winners of Elliott Cup
The Hickleton Main Colliery team which, on Saturday, won the Elliott Cup at Wombwell in a...
Bramwell Allington
South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933
Bramwell Allington
Bramwell Allington, a Wombwell youth, has had the honour of being "featured" in the national papers.
A critic has...
Local Coal and Iron Trade.
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 December 1879
Local Coal and Iron Trade.
Six inches of snow and a continuance of keen frost have had...
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull.
The amount of trade done with Hull during the...
State of Coal Industry
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878
Barnsley, Friday.
The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....
Mitchell Main 140 for 2 Rockingham 221 for 6 dec ...
South Yorkshire Times, July 7th 1933
Kilner And Burkinshaw
Breezy Batting At Mitchell
Mitchell lacked forcefulness in their match with Rockingham on Saturday and, left with little...
Wedding – Sharman & Hodgson
South Yorkshire Times, September 8th, 1933
Wedding: Hodgson & Sharman
At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday. Miss Edith Sharman, elder daughter of Mr. and the late...