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Editorial – On the Brink

August 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 25 August 1939 On the Brink The speeches of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, made yesterday, left no...

Floods at Low Valley

August 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 4, 1939 It simply won't go, no matter how he pushes it. Mr. E. Wistow newsagent, Low Valley, emulates "Canute." His...

Hitler Calls War Council – Peace Appeals by Pope & Roosevelt

August 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 25 August 1939 Hitler Calls War Council Peace Appeals by Pope and President Roosevelt Polish Frontier Clash British Defence Bill...

Wombwell Man Fatally Injured

September 1939
Leeds Mercury September 20, 1939 Wombwell Man Fatally Injured Arthur Mitchell (77), retired Miner of Park Street, Wombwell died in Barnsley Beckett hospital yesterday from injury...

Mr. J. Winder – Yorkshire Deputies’ Secretary – Well-Known Wombwell Man

September 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 September 1939 Mr. J. Winder Yorkshire Deputies' Secretary Well-Known Wombwell Man Mr. Joseph Winder, general secretary of the Yorkshire...

Great-Grandmother at 58 

September 1939
Leeds Mercury - Friday 29 September 1939 Great-Grandmother at 58  Mrs. Margaret Swift, 30, Milton Street.  Wombwell. the wife of miner, has the  distinction of being...

Great-Grandmother At 58

September 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 September 1939 Great-Grandmother At 58 Wombwell Family's Record Mrs. Margaret Swift, of 30, Milton Street, Wombwell, looks anything...

A Wombwell Engagement – Swann & Leach

September 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 September 1939 A Wombwell Engagement The engagement is announced of two popular members of the Wombwell and District Amateur...

Engagement – Hollings & Badger

September 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 September 1939 Engagement – Hollings, & Badger Amateur actors and their followers would be among the many Wath and...

Wedding – Portway & Shipley – Wombwell Curate Married

September 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 September 1939 Wombwell Curate Married Rev. C. G. Shipley and Miss P. V. Portway The wedding took place at...