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“I am Hodder”

September 1937
Leeds Mercury September 7, 1937 “I am Hodder” The Rev Gwyn Hodder, responded to his welcome to the Ministry of Park Street Methodist church Wombwell last...

British Legion Rally

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 24, 1937 British Legion Rally Pictures taken at Wombwell last weekend when the district was honoured by the visit of major...

“Good Companions”

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 17, 1937 “Good Companions” These Wombwell folk have lived in houses in one-yard in Hough Lane, Wombwell since the houses were...

Pretty Spectacle at Wombwell School.

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 17, 1937 Pretty Spectacle at Wombwell School. The sweet and mellow atmosphere of fruitful autumn was introduced at Barnsley Road Infants...

Alarming Happenings at Wombwell – Offices Rifled – Safe on Platform

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 10, 1937 Safe on Platform Alarming Happenings at Wombwell Offices Rifled This is embankment down which the safe was rolled. Rails at the...

Ernest Shepherd – Trial with Fulham

September 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 3, 1937. Brampton Ellis Senior School has a proud record for the production of footballers, and the staff scholars are...

Bus Driver Not Called At Barnsley Inquest

October 1937
Leeds Mercury October 28, 1937 Bus Driver Not Called At Barnsley Inquest An open verdict was returned at Barnsley today at the inquest on Harold Hayes...

Prize Rabbit

October 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 8 1937 Prize Rabbit. Stanley Wraith, a seventeen-year-old youth of 58, Pitt Street, Low Valley, is making something of a name...

Generous Bequests of Former Practitioner

October 1937
Mexborough & Swinton Times 29 October 1937 Housekeeper Generous Bequests of Dr. D. B. Foley                                   Former Wombwell Practitioner Dr. Daniel Bartholomew Foley, for many years medical practitioner...

William Rowbottom

October 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 1 1937 William Rowbottom. The death occurred at St. Helens Hospital, Barnsley, on Wednesday, of Mr. William Rowbottom, of Wombwell at...