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Wedding – Perryman & Morley – Pretty Ceremony at Wombwell Methodist Church

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 23, 1940 Pretty Ceremony at Wombwell Methodist Church Teachers in the Sunday School of Park Street Methodist Church, Wombwell, assembled to...

Wedding – Parkin & Redmond

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 March 1940 At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday, Miss Sarah ("Sally") Parkin, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs....

Wedding – Redfearn & Coldwell

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940 Miss Kathleen Redfearn, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. Redfearn, of "Burntcroft," Manor Road, Brampton, was married...

Presentation to Mr. William Barker – 50 Years in Glass Trade & Manager ...

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940 Fifty Years in Glass Trade Presentation to Mr. William Barker Manager at Wombwell For 38 Years When Mr. William...

Hullabaloo Hovland Licensee Visits Wombwell – Assaults On Police

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940 Hullabaloo Hovland Licensee Visits Wombwell  Assaults On Police Locked up at Wombwell Police Station after an assault on the police,...

Airman – Shields, Leslie – Lions Have Wings

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940 Lions Have Wings Among the little Wombwell "lions” who have wings is Leslie Shields (18) son of Mr. and...

Sailor – Grievson, Leslie – Santa Claus at Sea

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 March 1940 Santa Claus at Sea The Forces seem to be a "family affair" with Seaman Leslie Grievson whose...

Soldier – Carr, Raymond – Son’s Turn Now

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940 Son’s Turn Now A veteran of the last war, Mr. Horace Carr, of 27, Preston Avenue, Jump, has tried...

Soldier – Dyer, Douglas – Another from Wombwell

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 23, 1940 Another from Wombwell Another old boy of John Street Council School, Wombwell, now on the war "honours board" is...

Soldier – Pearson, Thomas – C.L.B. Tradition

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940 C.L.B. Tradition Another Wombwell lad who is helping to keep up the C.L.B. tradition is Private Thomas C. Pearson,...