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Crib at Brampton Church

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 5, 1957 Three little bridesmaids at a wedding at Brampton Parish Church pause to admire the Christmas crib

In Honours List – British Empire Medal for Wombwell Councillor

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times, January 1957 In Honours List British Empire Medal for Wombwell Councillor Councillor Edwin Wainwright (48) of 7 Kingsway, Wombwell, a member of Wombwell U.D.C.and...

Lundhill Disaster – List of the Dead

January 1957
Lundhill Disaster List of the Dead From a Newspaper at the Time

Off to Canada – Brampton family decide to emigrate

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 5, 1957 Off to Canada Brampton family decide to emigrate The dawn of 1957 heralds a new life of Mr Charles Andrews (39)...

Prizegiving at St Andrews

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 26, 1957 Parents and Children watching the prizegiving at St Andrew's Mission Church, Low Valley

Wardle the Idol – Wombwell girl writes from South Africa

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 26, 1957 Wardle the Idol Wombwell girl writes from South Africa (photo from Wikipedia) Thoughts of a homecoming to a Wombwell girl in South...

Wombwell Inner Wheel Annual Dinner

January 1957
Some of the Guests seen at Wombwell Inner Wheel annual dinner, in the Queen's Hotel, Barnsley

Wedding – Spencer & Shaw

January 1957
Mr R Shaw of 25 Stubbs Road, Wombwell and Miss P Spencer, of The Terrace, West Melton

Lundhill Disaster – Grim Mining Chapter – Half Village Orphaned (Part 1 of 3)

January 1957
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957 Lundhill Explosion Centenary Grim Chapter in Wombwell’s Early Mining History Catastrophy that Orphaned half a Colliery Village On February 19,...