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Boat Building Industry Revival at Wombwell

August 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 12, 1938 Boat Building Industry Revival at Wombwell Where's this? It doesn't look like Wombwell, but it is. The photograph was...

Value of Black-Out Minimised – Weather Baulks Planes – Curious Crowds in...

August 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 12, 1938 Value of Black-Out Minimised Weather Baulks Planes Public Interest in Tests Curious Crowds in Streets The black-out over South Yorkshire on Sunday...

Wombwell Gardens Competition – Invalid’s “Hat-Trick”

August 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 26, 1938 Invalid's "Hat-Trick" Wombwell Gardens Competition A man who is so incapacitated by sickness that he has not been beyond the...

Powers in The Midland League – Ambitions at Football – A Final Summary.

24 August 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 24, 1938 Ambitions at Football A Final Summary. Powers in The Midland League. The Midland league competition of 26 clubs will...

Car Ablaze – Driver and Passenger Have Narrow Escape

September 1938
Leeds Mercury - Friday 02 September 1938 Car Ablaze At Darfield Driver and Passenger Have Narrow Escape A Darfield motorist and a woman passenger had...

Playing At “Indians” – Wombwell Boy’s Operation for Eye Injury

September 1938
Leeds Mercury - Thursday 01 September 1938 Playing At “Indians” Wombwell Boy's Operation for Eye Injury A game of Indians has resulted in a Wombwell...

Obituary  – Mr George Scargill

September 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 2, 1938 Obituary  - Mr George Scargill Honoured by the department in which he had worked for nearly fifty years, Mr....

“Broken Heart” Death – Old Wombwell Couple to be Buried Together

September 1938
Leeds Mercury - Monday 05 September 1938 “Broken Heart” Death Old Wombwell Couple to be Buried Together Ten sons and daughters—the oldest 58 and the youngest 38...

Wedding – Schofield & Bateman

September 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 2, 1938 Miss Florence Schofield, 90 Wombwell Main and Mr Joe Bateman, Winston Avenue, Quarmby, Huddersfield at Wombwell Parish Church

Wedding – Cooke & Bennett

September 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 2, 1938 Miss Winifred Cooke, 6 John Street, Wombwell and Mr Ernest Bennett, 48 Main Street Wombwell at Wombwell Parish Church