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Woman’s Suicide – Conduct of Wombwell Lodger.

May 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 25 May 1928 Woman’s Suicide. Coroner and Conduct of a Wombwell Lodger. A verdict of “Suicide while temporarily of unsound...

Mitchell Main 99 Elsecar 85 – A Senior-Evans Partnership.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 11, 1928 A Senior-Evans Partnership. Mitchell Main brought off a smart performance on Saturday to win by 14 runs at Elsecar....

Piccadilly 47 Wombwell 54 for 6 – Eight For Sykes.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 11, 1928 Eight For Sykes. Piccadilly collapsed on their own ground on Saturday before the bowling of Eric Sykes (picture), the...

Sunday Cricket.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 11, 1928 Sunday Cricket. A keen game in progress, in the public park at Wombwell.

Brampton School – League Champions and Cup Winners

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 25, 1928 League and Cup The Brampton School team have again had a successful season. They are  champions of their...

Low Valley – Still At It.

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 25, 1928 Still At It. Low Valley joined the Jump Section of the Boys' Realm League competition at the beginning  of...

Champion Greyhound

May 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 11, 1928 Champion Greyhound These dogs, Miss Fletcher's blue and white Style of the Rock and Miss Spooner's brindle Mirro, competed...

Wombwell Presentation to First Postman

June 1928
Sheffield Independent - Friday 29 June 1928 Wombwell Presentation. Members of the Wesleyan Church at Wombwell have presented Mr. and Mrs. George Scargill an oak...

Aged Wombwell Woman’s Death – Fatal Fall

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 15, 1928 Fatal Fall Aged Wombwell Woman's Death. Mr S.H.B.Gill conducted an inquest at Wombwell yesterday into the death of Frances...

Canal Rescue – Youth’s Gallantry – Schoolboy Saved.

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 1, 1928 Canal Rescue Brampton Youth's Gallantry Schoolboy Saved. Reuben Nutter, (picture) aged 21, who lives with his widowed mother at 18, Becknoll...