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Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than...

Editorial – The Tempo Quickens

21 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 October 1939 The Tempo Quickens The tempo of the war quickens by land, sea, and air. The Germans in...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front...

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...