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Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck” – Nine Hurt In Road Smash

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1940 Nine Hurt In Road Smash Two Buses Involved Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck” Road Blocked For Hours A View of The Damaged...

Owl Crosses Atlantic – But Gets Bunkered at Liverpool

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 Owl Crosses Atlantic But Gets Bunkered at Liverpool Sent by Wombwell Man A bird known as  a  snowy owl—one of the...

Wombwell Veteran’s “Hat Trick” Ambition – Wants To Join Up

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 Wombwell Veteran's "Hat Trick" Ambition Wants To Join Up A veteran of two wars, Mr. Fred Markham, of 96, Station...

Wedding – Beech & Sprunt

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940 Miss Joan Mary Beech, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beech, "Linwood”, Station Street, Swinton, was...

Wedding – Hyland & Roche – Catholic Wedding – Teacher as Bride

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Catholic Wedding Teacher as Bride at Wombwell A member of the staff of St. Mary's R.C. Schools,...

Wedding – Wilby & Jarvis

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 An old boy of Wath Grammar School and well known as a member of a local concert party,...

Artist Benefactor – Wombwell Scholars’ New Banner for Old

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 Artist Benefactor Wombwell Scholars’ New Banner for Old When the children of the Cemetery Road Methodist Church, Wombwell, sing in...

British Legion Women’s Section Supper

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 A section of the company at a supper held by the Women’s Section of the Wombwell...

Fifteenth Century Wombwell – Crystal Gazer Who Was Attainted of Heresy

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 Fifteenth Century Wombwell Article III. Crystal Gazer Who Was Attainted of Heresy (by J. Lawson, M.A.). In local government, as...

Fifteenth Century Wombwell – Fascinating Glimpse of the Middle Ages

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940 Fifteenth Century Wombwell Fascinating Glimpse of the Middle Ages  (By J. Lawson, M.A.). Under the title of "Fifteenth Century" Wombwell,...