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Bed for New Ward at Barnsley Beckett Hospital

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 28, 1927 Mr R. White The Wombwell Hospital Committee are planning a scheme with a view to providing a bed for...

Charleston – A Controversial Dance ?

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 28, 1927 Having regard to the attacks made upon the Charleston it is interesting to have the views of an...

Clean Milk -Wombwell Campaign – “Grade A.” Methods

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 28, 1927 Clean Milk A Wombwell Campaign "Grade A." Methods How to Ensure Purity Visit to a Model Dairy Farm Crates of Bottles Packed in...

First prize in National Scripture Examination

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 21, 1927 Miss Ruth Beardsall, age 15, a daughter of Mr and Mrs L.G.Beardsall, of Main Street Wombwell, has won...

Mr John Belshaw and the New Year

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 7, 1927 Mr John Belshaw and the New Year “Breeze then a man with soul so dead, who never to himself...

R.A.O.B. – A Noted “Buff”

January 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 28, 1927 R.A.O.B. A Noted "Buff." An outstanding figure in Buffaloism, and one of the best-known members of the Order in these...

An Armful

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 18, 1927 An Armful Nurse Read, superintendent health visitor for the Wombwell Urban District, nursing a particularly healthy and bonny sample...

Austrian Refugee Returns Home

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 25, 1927 The  Austrian Revolution was recalled in a Wombwell home the other day, when one of the many refugees,...

Getting Ready for The “Times” Walk

February 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 25, 1927 Getting Ready for The “Times” Walk Boys of the Wombwell Parish Church choir in their gymnasium, getting ready for...

Halifax Goalkeeper – Lewis Barber

February 1927
South Yorkshire Times Friday, February 11, 1927 Lewis Barber The present Halifax goalkeeper, in their Third Division games, is Lewis Barber, the Broomhill man, who formally...