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In Queens Honour
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 21, 1937
In Queens Honour
Miss Lucy Senior, Wombwell's Beauty Queen, distributing hankerchiefs and souvenir saucers to the children at an...
Land Won from Flood – Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
Sheffield Independent May 1, 1937
Land Won from Flood
Dearne Plan Puts River in Its Place
God made the world, they say, but the Dutch made Holland.
By...
Mitchell’s Down – Elsecar Triumph In Low Scoring Match
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937
Mitchell’s Down
Elsecar Triumph In Low Scoring Match
On a bowlers wicket and handicapped through the absence of three or...
Roman Catholic Pageantry
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937
Roman Catholic Pageantry
The May Queen (Nancy Riley) and her attendants in the St Michael’s annual act of homage...
Tableau Queen Street, Wombwell
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 14, 1937
Not the “Madrid Front” but a tableau from Queen St, Wombwell.
The Field Gun is a war souvenir.
Wedding – Pashley & Everatt
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 7, 1937
Miss Edith Pashley, Collingridge Rd, Wombwell
and Mr George E Everatt, Aldham Lane, Wombwell
Wombwell’s Oldest Inhabitant
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937
Born in 1843, Mr Joseph Taylor of 42, Pearson Field, Wombwell, is still going strong.
Wombwell’s oldest inhabitant turned...
Wright’s Amusements
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937
A boyhood dream of Mr Sidney Wright, the 22 year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Wright,...
Wombwell Catholic’s Homage
Leeds Mercury May 10, 1937
Wombwell Catholic's Homage
Large crowds assembled in the streets of Wombwell last night to witness the annual act of homage and...
Fall Down Shaft
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 28, 1937
Fall Down Shaft
A verdict that he “killed himself in a fit of depression” was returned on John William...