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1938 Quarter 4

Golden Wedding – Mr and Mrs Bell

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Wedding Bells Wombwell Couple's Recollections Husband a Change Ringer Mr. Charles Edward Bell (72) of 12, Smith Street, Wombwell, and his...

Mine Directors Death – Mr Stanley Claytor – Mitchell Main Loss

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Nine Directors Death Mr Stanley Claytor Mitchell Main Loss Clayton, of Darfield House, Tickhill, general manager of Mitchell Main collieries Ltd,...

Charles Jarratt -Yorkshire’s best Developed Man

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 30, 1938 Charles Jarratt -Yorkshire’s best Developed Man A village which the malicious and ill informed have often described as the...

Wonderful Old Lady

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28 1938 Wonderful Old Lady Few people are as fit at the age of 88 as Mrs. Mary Hutchinson, of Co-operative...

Wedding – Swallow & Buckley

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Miss Vera Swallow, 11 Four Lane Ends, Platts Common and Mr Frank Buckley,captain of Wombwell Main Football Club at Wombwell...

Bisley Man’s Wombwell Appointment – Schools Enquiry Officer

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 21 1938 Crack Shot Bisley Man's Wombwell Appointment Schools Enquiry Officer Mr. J. W. Yorke, of Allerton Bywater near Castleford, formerly a police...

Retirement of Enquiry Officer

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28 1938 Presentation Expressing their good wishes on his retirement from the post of Enquiry Officer for the West Riding Education...

“Watch the Dicky Bird”

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 21 1938 A few of the workers of St. Cuthbert's Mission, Brampton, who figured in an entertainment in the Mission...

Over 100 girls in Wombwell Parade – All in Uniform

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28 1938 The spirit of good comradeship among the various organisations of girls in Wombwell found pleasing expression on Sunday...

Behind The “Masks”

October 1938
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1938 Behind The “Masks” "The finest example of improvised organisation the township has known for some time," is what most...