1939
Sailor – Potts, Fred – Gifts from American Student – Valued Souvenirs
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28, 1939
Wombwell Man's Gifts from American Student
Valued Souvenirs
In connection with the part he played in one of the first...
Scouts Join Up – Wombwell Troop Loses Popular Leaders
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday, October 21, 1939
Scouts Join Up
Wombwell Troop Loses Popular Leaders
Scouting at Wombwell has made an early contribution to...
Soldiers – Hitchens, G.W. & G.M. – Like Father Like Son
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28, 1939
Like Father Like Son
A Wombwell man who joined the Army in April, 1914, and has 25 years' service...
Editorial – Pistol Point Peace
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 October 1939
Pistol Point Peace
These are early days to be talking of war aims although we are...
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...