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Wartime Shaft To Be Used – Opening Beamshaw Seam at Darfield Main
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 24 November 1937
Wartime Shaft To Be Used
Opening Beamshaw Seam at Darfield Main
A shaft sunk at Wombwell during the...
Dearne Drainage
Dearne Drainage
Further work on the Dearne at Broomhill, where workmen have blocked a breach in the bank.
C.L.B. Old Comrades.
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937
C.L.B. Old Comrades.
A group which includes the principal guests at the Wombwell C.L.B. Old ' Comrades' Association...
Coke-Oven Managers’ Association Chairman
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937
Wombwell Man's Post
Coke-Oven Managers'
Association Chairman
At the annual meeting of the Midland Section of the Coke Oven Managers' Association...
New Church For Old Wombwell – Celebration Bazaar – Congregationalist Effort
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 12, 1937
New Church For Old
Wombwell Celebration Bazaar
Congregationalist Effort
Mr JJ Neville, Senior Life Deacon of the Church, lighting the 72...
Stone Laying Ceremony.
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 19, 1937
Stone Laying Ceremony.
These pictures were taken on Saturday when foundation stones for the new Congregational church were laid...
Driver’s Narrow Escape
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 3, 1937
The driver of this lorry had a narrow escape when the vehicle collided at Broomhill last week-end with...
Wombwell Blaze
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 21 December 1937
Wombwell Blaze
Finding that his house was filling with smoke, Sam Blackburn (73), who lives alone at 26...
Wombwell Girl’s Escape
Leeds Mercury - Friday 10 December 1937
Wombwell Girl’s Escape
Pattie Etherington (15), of Aldham Cottages, Barnsley Road, Wombwell, had a narrow escape yesterday, when...
Cricket Ground Under Water
Leeds Mercury - Saturday 04 December 1937
Cricket Ground Under Water
Several roads in the Wombwell and Darfleld district were flooded yesterday. One was the...