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Wombwell – Mr. Israel Husband

South Yorkshire Times December 1st 1933 Wombwell Mr. Israel Husband The death occurred at Egremont, Wallasey. Liverpool, last week of Mr. Israel Husband (73) formerly of Wombwell....

Queer “Fish” – Sixty Years Of Canal Service

South Yorkshire Times, December 8th 1933 Queer “Fish” Sixty Years Of Canal Service Under the shadow of a canal bridge at Wombwell stands a little cottage occupied...

First To Fall – Wombwell War Memory Revived

South Yorkshire Times, December 8th 1933 First To Fall Wombwell War Memory Revived Who was the first Wombwell man to fall in the Great War?...

Obituary – Saxton

South Yorkshire Times, December 15th 1933 Saxton Mr. Walter Burton Saxton (83), 60, Main Street. Wombwell, died on December 7th, after a long illness. When be...

Marconigrams – December 22nd 1933

South Yorkshire Times, December 22nd 1933 Marconigrams The broadcast of the Bethlehem bells on Christmas Eve will be relayed to the Wath Parish Church. “This putting of...

Scarrott’s (advert)

December 1933
South Yorkshire Times, December 23, 1933

Wombwell Worthies – An Old Cricketer’s Fifty – Golden Wedding

December 1933
South Yorkshire Times, December 22nd 1933 Wombwell Worthies An Old Cricketer’s Fifty Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schofield A Wombwell main couple, readers of the South Yorkshire Times,...

Douglas Lee (advert)

December 1933
South Yorkshire Times, December 23, 1933  

South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – July to December

January 1954
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954 South Yorkshire Review of 1953 July It was announced that a new drift mine was likely to be developed...

South Yorkshire Review of 1953 – January to June

January 1954
South Yorkshire Times — Saturday, 2 January 1954 South Yorkshire Review of 1953 What the Moving Finger Wrote in Coronation Year The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen...

Marconigrams – Friday, 14 September 1934

September 1934
South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 14 September 1934 Marconigrams Unemployment in France has reached its highest level since the war. The infantile mortality rate for 1933 was...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 12 July 1924

July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 12 July 1924 Marconigrams An outbreak of smallpox in Wombwell is reported. Wednesday was the twelfth anniversary of the Cadeby Colliery...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 26 July 1924

July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 26 July 1924 Marconigrams The Beckett Hospital, Barnsley, needs a regular monthly income of £1,200. Over £80 was raised at the...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 19 July 1924

July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 19 July 1924 Marconigrams Collections at a Wesleyan anniversary in Wombwell last week-end exceeded £80. St. Swithin seems to have kidded...

Midland League Fixtures

26 July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 26 July 1924 Midland League Fixtures The Local Programmes Wombwell Town 1924 Aug. 30 — Scunthorpe — Home Sept. 3 (Wed.) — Frickley —...

Marconigrams – July 7, 1924

July 1924
Mexborough & Swinton Times — July 7, 1924 Marconigrams Last year local taxation fell from £6 11s. 10d. to £5 1s. 3d. per head of the...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 28 March 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 28 March 1914 Marconigrams Lord George Sanger’s Circus will shortly pay visits to Mexborough and Goldthorpe. The Mexboro’ Sports will be...

Marconigrams – Saturday, 21 March 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 21 March 1914 Marconigrams Spring commences to-day (Saturday). The business of the Winter Assizes at Leeds was opened on Monday. A new...

Marconigrams – March 7, 1914

March 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times — March 7, 1914 Marconigrams The Mexboro’ Cricket Club is still in debt to the extent of about £350. Mr. John Senior, of...

Marconigrams – September 24, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 24, 1904 Marconigrams The latest picture post-card is a photograph of the elegant and commodious band stand and “Folly Hall,”...

Mexboro’ and District League – Final Table

24 September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times, September 24, 1904 Mexboro' and District League – Final Table Club P W L D Pts Hickleton Main 22 13 2 7 33 Hoyland Silkstone 22 13 3 6 32 Denaby and Cadeby 22 12 4 7 31 Mexboro' 22 10 7 5 25 Mitchell Main 22 8 7 7 23 Wath Athletic 22 9 8 5 23 Wombwell Main 22 9 9 4 22 Rawmarsh 22 7 8 7 21 Swinton 22 6 9 7 19 Monk Bretton 22 6 10 6 18 White Lane 22 5 12 5 15 Conisboro' 22 1 21 0 2

The Hull Coal Trade – Reduced August Tonnage

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 10, 1904 The Hull Coal Trade Reduced August Tonnage The usual monthly return shows a slight decrease. The August tonnage this...

Marconigrams – September 3, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 3, 1904 Marconigrams The County Council Education Committee have agreed to rent for three years Mr. Lee’s building in Main...

Deaths – September 3, 1904

September 1904
Mexborough & Swinton Times — September 3, 1904 Deaths McUser.—Aug. 18th, at Brampton Bierlow, John Thomas, the beloved husband of Laura Mouser, aged 27 years. Hayes.—Aug. 24th,...

Marriages – January 5, 1894

January 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times — January 5, 1894 Marriages Bird—Hallam.—December 28, at the Register Office, Barnsley, Walter Burgin, of Jump, to Hannah Hallam, of Elsecar. Staniland—Palmer.—December 28,...