Home 1929 February 1929

February 1929

’Bus Hits Bridge – Passengers Injured At Wombwell.

February 1929
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 12 February 1929 ’Bus Hits Bridge. Passengers Injured At Wombwell. A Yorkshire Traction 'bus was involved in an alarming accident at Wombwell,...

Crash With LorryThis – Wombwell Youth Carried 18 Yards Under Axle

February 1929
Sheffield Independent - Monday 04 February 1929 Crash With Lorry. Wombwell Youth Carried 18 Yards Under Axle Harold Turton (20), colliery engine driver, 10. West Street,...

Lorry Crashes Into Houses – Men Injured At Wombwell.

February 1929
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 27 February 1929 Lorry Crashes Into Houses. Leeds Men Injured At Wombwell. An alarming road accident in which three Leeds men are involved...

Motor Coach Collision

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 15, 1929 A motor coach collided with a bridge between Wombwell Main and Hemingfield on Monday, and the passengers had...

Incorporated Secretaries’ Association Success

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 15, 1929 Mr. William Potts, an employee in the Wombwell Urban' District Council gas department, has just passed the intermediate...

Colliery Appointment – New Manager at Wombwell Main.

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 8, 1929 Colliery Appointment. New Manager at Wombwell Main. Mr. David Cookson, one of the under-managers at Wombwell Main Colliery, has been...

Mitchell Main Management’s Treaty Terms – 1,400 Resume Work To-Day.

February 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 February 1929 1,400 Resume Work To-Day. Mitchell Main Management’s Treaty Terms. After a strike lasting a week the 1,400...

Strike Threatens Gas Supply – 1,400 Men Idle Because 2 Got Notice.

February 1929
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 13 February 1929 Strike Threatens Gas Supply. Mitchell Main Dispute. 1,400 Men Idle Because Two Got Notice. There had not...

Church Worship – Listing of Services at 55 Chapels & Churches

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 22, 1929 Sunday, February 24th. (Second Sunday in Lent). (Routine announcements are inserted in this column free; special announcements at...

Laying a Ghost.

February 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 1, 1929 Laying a Ghost. Once this owl was killed in Wombwell Wood there has been no sign of the 14...