1939
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...
Wedding – Hesketh & Metcalfe – Wombwell Bride for Thurnscoe Man
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
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939
Miss Phoebe Taberner, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taberner, 95, Wombwell Main, was married...
Wombwell Main Traditions – After the Presentations A Maiden Speech
Mexborough & Swinton Times - November 25th 1939
Wombwell Main Traditions
After the Presentations
A Maiden Speech
Miss Hempson opened a delightful little contribution to the speech-making by...
