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The Casualty List – Toll of Pit, Road and River – July to December

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times - December 30, 1932 The Casualty List Toll of Pit, Road and River July. 9—Thomas Axe (46), road sweeper, Mexboro’, died in hospital following scratch...

The Robot “Dawn”

December 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 2, 1932. The Robot “Dawn” The day begins in earnest when the traffic cop sets the robot a clinking; an early...

Underneath the Arches

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 9, 1932 Underneath the Arches A pretty view from an unusual angle of the L.M.S. viaduct at Dovecliffe.

Wombwell’s Hidden Beauty – The Waterfall at Broomhill

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, Friday, December 30th, 1932 Wombwell’s Hidden Beauty The Waterfall at Broomhill A Fragment of Railway History Walking the bounds of the parish or township was...

Birthday Gift

December 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times, December, 2, 1932. Birthday Gift Those who saw “Miss Hook of Holland,” given by the jump players at Wombwell, last week, the...

Parted Young – Wombwell Couple in Court

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 23, 1932 Parted Young Wombwell Couple in Court A Darfield motor mechanic, William A. Willets, was charged at Barnsley on Wednesday with having...

New Methods – Poaching With Catapult

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd, 1932. New Methods Poaching With Catapult A statement that game trespassers were using catapults instead of guns was made by Mr. A....

Hard Up – Woman’s Market Theft

December 1932
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd, 1932. Hard Up Thurnscoe Woman's Market Theft A theft of a pair of shoes from Goldthorpe Market on November 4th, resulted on...

Loughborough Corinthians  3  Wombwell  1  – Each Finish with 10 men     

8 December 1932
Sheffield Telegraph December 8, 1932 Loughborough and Wombwell each finish with 10 men Loughborough Corinthians  3  Wombwell  1        Wombwell, although opposing only ten men for the...

Editorial – Japan’s Turn

12 December 1932
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 12 December 1942 Japan's Turn Mr. Churchill's message this week to British Far Eastern territories occupied by the Japanese left...