1942
Christmas Day Discovery – Tragedy in Wombwell Home
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942
Christmas Day Discovery
Tragedy in Wombwell Home
How Joy was turned to tragedy in a Wombwell home...
Family’s Escape – House Fire at Wombwell
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942
Family's Escape
House Fire at Wombwell
Mrs. Goulding, wife of Harry Goulding (26) miner, of 7, Brampton...
Death of Mrs. Isabel Hilyer
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942.
News has been received in Wombwell of the death in London of Mrs. Isabel Hilyer, who contested...
Four Generations of Methodist Family
South Yorkshire Times, January 17th 1942
Four Generations of Methodist Family
This photograph is of four generations of a Methodist family well known in the Wombwell...
Statue of Winston Churchill
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942
Statue of Winston Churchill
Wombwell must be one of the first places in the country to have a...
Wedding – Middleton & Baker
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942.
Wombwell Airman's Wedding
Corpl. J. W. Baker and Miss J. J. Middleton
Member of a well-known family of musicians,...
Wedding – Marsh & Beckett
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942.
Mr G. Beckett (Rawmarsh) & Miss E.M. Marsh (Wombwell)
A twin sister was bridesmaid at the wedding at...
Houghton Main Fatality – Wombwell Man in Haulage Accident
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942.
Houghton Main Fatality
Wombwell Man in Haulage Accident
Herbert Clarkson (56), haulage worker, 10, Jardine Street, Wombwell, was killed...
Cortonwood Manager – West Yorkshire Pit Official Appointed
South Yorkshire Times, January 3, 1942
Cortonwood Manager
West Yorkshire Pit Official Appointed
Mr. Charles A. Charlton (43), formerly manager for the Middleton Estate and Collieries Co.,...
Diary of 1941 – Some Notable Dates
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942
January
2—Death Mr. Spencer Baker for 16 years Clerk to Conisbrough Council
17—Farewell presentation to the Rev. B. Russell,...