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Christmas Day Discovery – Tragedy in Wombwell Home

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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

January 1942
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,...