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Liquor Bar on Wombwell Man

November 1939
Leeds Mercury November 14, 1939 Liquor Bar on Wombwell Man William H Eyre (37) a miner of Edward St, Wombwell was bound over for two years...

Fifty Years On – Wombwell Couple’s Golden Wedding

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 Fifty Years On Wombwell Couple's Golden Wedding A year ago, a Wombwell couple received a telegram congratulating...

Pit Tragedy

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939 Pit Tragedy Samuel Evans, (59) miner, 11 Bond St, Wombwell, collapsed and died in the Billingley district of the...

“Rather Wear Out Than Rust Out”

November 1939
Leeds Mercury November 22, 1939 “Rather Wear Out Than Rust Out” Mr John Lisle, 76-year-old bricklayer, “looks down” on Wombwell. His speciality is repairing domestic chimneys. Yesterday...

Cortonwood Clerk to become Minister

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - November 25th 1939 It is not unlikely that Cortonwood Colliery Company will shortly lose a member of their clerical staff...

Missing Miner – Families Anxiety – Missing a Fortnight

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Missing Miner Hemingfield Families Anxiety Missing for a Fortnight John Chambers (51), unemployed miner of 12, Top Row, Hemingfield, Wombwell has...

Wombwell Main Traditions – Romantic Union of Two Old Families

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - November 25th 1939 Wombwell Main Traditions Romantic Union of Two Old Families Presentation to Mr. Peter Roberts Mr. Peter Godfrey Roberts, only surviving...

Wedding – Hesketh & Metcalfe – Wombwell Bride for Thurnscoe Man

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 Married By Her Brother Miss Florence Hesketh, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hesketh, of...

Wedding – Milthorpe & Turton

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 A former attendant on the Beauty Queen at Wombwell was a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding at Wombwell...

Wedding – Taberner & Bowley

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 Miss Phoebe Taberner, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taberner, 95, Wombwell Main, was married...