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Hullabaloo Hovland Licensee Visits Wombwell – Assaults On Police
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940
Hullabaloo Hovland Licensee Visits Wombwell
Assaults On Police
Locked up at Wombwell Police Station after an assault on the police,...
Airman – Shields, Leslie – Lions Have Wings
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940
Lions Have Wings
Among the little Wombwell "lions” who have wings is Leslie Shields (18) son of Mr. and...
Sailor – Grievson, Leslie – Santa Claus at Sea
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 March 1940
Santa Claus at Sea
The Forces seem to be a "family affair" with Seaman Leslie Grievson whose...
Soldier – Carr, Raymond – Son’s Turn Now
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940
Son’s Turn Now
A veteran of the last war, Mr. Horace Carr, of 27, Preston Avenue, Jump, has tried...
Soldier – Dyer, Douglas – Another from Wombwell
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 23, 1940
Another from Wombwell
Another old boy of John Street Council School, Wombwell, now on the war "honours board" is...
Soldier – Pearson, Thomas – C.L.B. Tradition
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940
C.L.B. Tradition
Another Wombwell lad who is helping to keep up the C.L.B. tradition is Private Thomas C. Pearson,...
Soldier – Wood J. – Service Snaps
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 March 1940
Service Snaps
Private J. Wood, son of Mr. J. Wood and the late Mrs. Wood of Mexborough...
Soldier – Parkin, William Hector – He’s Popular-He’s a Cook
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940
He's Popular-He's a Cook
William Hector Parkin (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. John Parkin, of 7, Mellor Road,...
Soldiers – Hill Brothers – Chips off The Old Block
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940
Chips off The Old Block
Sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill of 25, Preston Avenue, Jump, Ralph and...
Editorial – Sheffield Smitten
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 December 1940
Sheffield Smitten
Sheffield has now experienced the full fury of a Nazi mass raid and has borne...