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C.L.B. Old Comrades.

November 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937 C.L.B. Old Comrades. A group which includes the principal guests at the Wombwell C.L.B. Old ' Comrades' Association...

Coke-Oven Managers’ Association Chairman

November 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937 Wombwell Man's Post Coke-Oven Managers' Association Chairman At the annual meeting of the Midland Section of the Coke Oven Managers' Association...

New Church For Old Wombwell – Celebration Bazaar – Congregationalist Effort

November 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 12, 1937 New Church For Old Wombwell Celebration Bazaar Congregationalist Effort Mr JJ Neville, Senior Life Deacon of the Church, lighting the 72...

Stone Laying Ceremony.

November 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937 Stone Laying Ceremony. These pictures were taken on Saturday when foundation stones for the new Congregational church were laid...

Driver’s Narrow Escape

December 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 3, 1937 The driver of this lorry had a narrow escape when the vehicle collided at Broomhill last week-end with...

Wombwell Blaze

December 1937
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 21 December 1937 Wombwell Blaze Finding that his house was filling with smoke, Sam Blackburn (73), who lives alone at 26...

Wombwell Girl’s Escape

December 1937
Leeds Mercury - Friday 10 December 1937 Wombwell Girl’s Escape Pattie Etherington (15), of Aldham Cottages, Barnsley Road, Wombwell, had a narrow escape yesterday, when...

Cricket Ground Under Water

December 1937
Leeds Mercury - Saturday 04 December 1937 Cricket Ground Under Water Several roads in the Wombwell and Darfleld district were flooded yesterday. One was the...

“Plough boy” of 73

December 1937
Leeds Mercury - Friday 10 December 1937 “Plough boy” of 73 Mr. Henry Brackenbury, of Beech House Road, Hemingfield, Wombwell, who will be 73 shortly,...

Can You Do It? Steady Hand and Nerve Needed

December 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 10, 1937 Can You Do It? Steady Hand and Nerve Needed It needs a steady hand but with a bit of luck...