How did Wombwell come into being and what is Wombwell known for? What significant events have happened over the years? What’s the story behind the much loved Wombwell unicorn?
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George Albert Long (14), son of George Long, labourer, 12 Knoll Beck Crescent, Brampton, is seriously ill in the Beckett Hospital with injuries received under strange circumstances. While at his work at Wood’s Glass Bottle Works, Wombwell, on Monday afternoon he cried out with pain and collapsed suddenly with a wound in his back. It…
A Wombwell Disappointment. Mexborough and Swinton Times October 11, 1929 The Wombwell Town Hall decorated for the visit of Lord Lascelles (now Earl of Harewood), which was to have taken place last Saturday and was postponed at the last moment owing to the fatal illness of Lord Lascelles’s father. In the photograph the crowd is…
issued by Wombwell Urban District Council certificate issued to a Mr R Bakewell in 1964 for interest paid on a Small Dwelling Acquisition Acts loan.
