1939 Quarter 4
Editorial – The Monomaniac
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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...