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Hardy Girl Cyclists – Wombwell Couple’s 100 Miles in 8 Hours.

17 May 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 17, 1929 Hardy Girl Cyclists. Wombwell Couple's 100 Miles in 8 Hours. A remarkable feat of endurance was performed on Sunday by...

Wombwell Speedway

24 May 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 24, 1929 Wombwell Speedway A distant view of the new Speedway at Wombwell, marked by the clouds of dust rising from...

Wombwell Speedway – Look Out For The Lucky Rings.

31 May 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 31, 1929 Look Out For The Lucky Rings. A Section of the crowd of 6,000 who attended the Wombwell Speedway on...

New General Practitioner

June 1929
Mexborough & Swinton, June 7, 1929 New General Practitioner Mr. Leslie Taylor, son of Mr. J. G. Taylor, of the Royal Oak Hotel, Wombwell, has recently...

Wombwell’s Oldest.

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 28, 1929 Wombwell's Oldest. Mrs. E. Wood, aged 94, photographed in her garden. She is the oldest inhabitant of Wombwell, and...

By The Lily Pond

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 14, 1929 By The Lily Pond. Young members of the Wombwell Company of the C.L.B. found the lily pond an irresistible...

Resident M.P.

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 14, 1929 Resident M.P. Some portion of Mr. Harry Hirst's remarkable popularity with his constituents is derived from the fact that...

Wombwell Council’s Approval of School Scheme.

June 1929
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 12 June 1929 New School at Goldthorpe. Wombwell Council’s Approval of Scheme. Wombwell Council have agreed to recommend the local Education...

“Land Dive.”

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 14, 1929 "Land Dive." Corporal Coxon, of the Wombwell Company of the Church Lads' Brigade, performing a remarkable and risky feat...

Roman Catholic Priest  Very Ill.

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 28, 1929 Roman Catholic Priest  Very Ill. The sympathy of all sections and creeds in Wombwell will be aroused at the...