1957
Christmas party of Wath branch of the British Railways Association
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957
Wait for the bang! Enjoying a game of balloons are these children at the Christmas party of Wath branch...
Coming Home from Famagusta
South Yorkshire Times January 19, 1957
Coming Home
A former Wath Grammar School student, Mr Alan Humphries (22), who has for the past two and half...
Fire Station Childern’s Party
South Yorkshire Times January 26, 1957
Waiting for their presents, children of Wath firemen wait by the Christmas tree
at the Fire Station party in Wath...
Flying Saucer Reported Seen – Turned in Most Strange Way, Says Wath Youth
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957
Flying Saucer Reported Seen
Turned in Most Strange Way, Says Wath Youth
Mr David Ward, a 17 years old apprentice...
Former Wath Vicar is New Bishop
South Yorkshire Times January 5, 1957
Former Wath Vicar is New Bishop
His many friends and former parishioners at Wath will be delighted to learn of...
Lundhill Disaster – Article 1 – Half a Village Orphaned
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957
Lundhill Explosion Centenary
Grim Chapter in Wombwell’s Early Mining History
Catastrophy that Orphaned half a Colliery Village
On February 19, 1857, a...
Lundhill Disaster – Article 2 – Horseman took the news to West Melton
South Yorkshire Times January 19, 1957
Lundhill Disaster Centenary
More Stories From The Files Of The South Yorkshire Times
(Second Article)
Horseman took the news to West Melton
Another...
Lundhill Disaster – Article 3 – Charles Dickens Visits
South Yorkshire Times January 19, 1957
Lundhill Disaster Centenary
Third Article
Crowd in Jocular Mood – Some Sang Hymns
Charles Dickens Visited the Stricken Pit
Mining people in the...
Old Wathonians’ Rugby Club dance
South Yorkshire Times January 12, 1957
They were all “having a hand” in it.
A happy shot at the Old Wathonians’ Rugby Club dance at Wombwell...