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Mitchell’s Down – Elsecar Triumph In Low Scoring Match

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 Mitchell’s Down Elsecar Triumph In Low Scoring Match On a bowlers wicket and handicapped through the absence of three or...

Roman Catholic Pageantry

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937 Roman Catholic Pageantry The May Queen (Nancy Riley) and her attendants in the St Michael’s annual act of homage...

Tableau Queen Street, Wombwell

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937 Not the “Madrid Front” but a tableau from Queen St, Wombwell. The Field Gun is a war souvenir.

Wedding – Pashley & Everatt

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937 Miss Edith Pashley, Collingridge Rd, Wombwell and Mr George E Everatt, Aldham Lane, Wombwell

Wombwell’s Oldest Inhabitant

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937 Born in 1843, Mr Joseph Taylor of 42, Pearson Field, Wombwell, is still going strong. Wombwell’s oldest inhabitant turned...

Wright’s Amusements

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937 A boyhood dream of Mr Sidney Wright, the 22 year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Wright,...

Wombwell Catholic’s Homage

May 1937
Leeds Mercury May 10, 1937 Wombwell Catholic's Homage Large crowds assembled in the streets of Wombwell last night to witness the annual act of homage and...

Fall Down Shaft

May 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937 Fall Down Shaft A verdict that he “killed himself in a fit of depression” was returned on John William...

Brampton Gala – Guess the Weight

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Brampton Gala - Guess the Weight A young competitor guesses the weight of “Dot”, the pit pony from Cortonwood...

Brampton Gala – Obstacle Race

June 1937
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25, 1937 Brampton Gala An exciting moment in the obstacle race at the Brampton Nursing Association Gala