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Round Your Way – Wombwell

April 1949
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 April 1949 Round Your Way - Wombwell They were unloading a barrel in Wombwell, one of those stout heavy casks...

South Yorkshire Boxing Finalists

April 1949
South Yorkshire Times, April 2, 1949 South Yorkshire Finalists Pictured are Ronnie Latham (Darfield Main), and Billy McHale (Hickleton Main) Yorkshire's two representatives in the National...

Gardener, 80, Dies after Collapse

May 1949
Bradford Observer - Tuesday 03 May 1949 Gardener, 80, Dies after Collapse Willie Milner, 80-year-old gardener at Wombwell Main Colliery, finished a full week of...

Who’s Who in To-morrow’s Urban Council Elections – Twenty Candidates

May 1949
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 May 1949 Twenty Candidates Who's Who in To-morrow's Urban Council Elections Twenty candidates—seven at Conisbrough, four each at Wombwell and Darfield,...

New Zealander’s Wombwell Visit

May 1949
Star Green 'un – Saturday 07 May 1949 New Zealander’s Wombwell Visit Jack Hayes, the New Zealand Test cricketer, has been over to see relatives. He...

South Riding League – May 28, 1949

28 May 1949
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 May 1949

Wedding ‘Frees ‘ Bungalow

June 1949
Bradford Observer - Monday 27 June 1949 Wedding 'Frees ' A Bungalow John W Thorpe (76) and Clara Renhard (70) of Wombwell, took a step...

Fortitude of Two Buried Miners

June 1949
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Thursday 02 June 1949 Fortitude of Two Buried Miners Working in relays for nearly two hours, rescuers extricated early to-day two...

South Riding League Table – June 25th

June 1949
South Yorkshire Times, June 25, 1949

Flying to Denmark – Wombwell Nurse Chosen by Ballot

July 1949
South Yorkshire Times July 30, 1949 Flying to Denmark Wombwell Nurse Chosen by Ballot A Wombwell girl, Miss Beatrice Harrison (27), daughter of Mr and Mrs...