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Wombwell Council’s Approval of School Scheme.

June 1929
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 12 June 1929 New School at Goldthorpe. Wombwell Council’s Approval of Scheme. Wombwell Council have agreed to recommend the local Education...

“Land Dive.”

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 14, 1929 "Land Dive." Corporal Coxon, of the Wombwell Company of the Church Lads' Brigade, performing a remarkable and risky feat...

Roman Catholic Priest  Very Ill.

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 28, 1929 Roman Catholic Priest  Very Ill. The sympathy of all sections and creeds in Wombwell will be aroused at the...

Wombwell Middle School – Opening Ceremony

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 14, 1929 Wombwell Middle School Opening Ceremony On Saturday afternoon the new Middle School at Wombwell was formally opened by Alderman T.H....

Wombwell Woods Rhododendrons

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 7, 1929 A charming picture showing rhododendrons in full bloom in Wombwell Woods

A Mexborough “Flit.”

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 28, 1929 A Mexborough "Flit." William Hague, of Brampton, was summoned at Doncaster, for fraudulent removal of goods from a house...

Wombwell Speedway “Lucky Rings.”

June 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 14, 1929 Wombwell Speedway "Lucky Rings." A section of the crowd at the Wombwell Stadium. Persons ringed are entitled to two...

Wombwell Speedway “Lucky Rings.”

June 1929
Mexborough & Swinton, June 7, 1929 Wombwell Speedway "Lucky Rings.” A section of the crowd at the Wombwell Stadium on Monday.   The owners of the faces...

Died In Street – Wombwell Woman’s collapse.

July 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 5, 1929 Died In Street. Wombwell Woman's collapse. An interesting medical point; concerning the effect of kidney disease on the heart was...

Mr John Davison – A Methodist Pioneer

July 1929
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 26, 1929 Mr John Davison – A Methodist Pioneer The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr John Davison, aged 77, of...