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Outcrop Coal – Big Dump at Warren Vale

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 October 1943 Outcrop Coal Big Dump at Warren Vale Great activity is now taking place at Warren Vale Colliery, between...

Soldier – Grint, William Henry – Died In Hong Kong

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Died In Hong Kong News has been received of the death of Gnr. William Henry Grint, son of Mrs. Grint...

Marconigrams – October 30th 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 Marconigrams The L.N.E.R. announce that Mr. F. Lee, of the Doncaster District Superintendent’s Office, has been appointed Stationmaster at...

Editorial – Home Again

30 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 Home Again Many homes, not a few in South Yorkshire itself, have been blessed this week by the return of...

Soldier – Butterfield, Ronald

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Repatriated Prisoner Here is a picture of Pte. Ronald Butterfield, R.A.M.C. son of Mr. and the late Mrs. C. T....

A.T.S. Girl’s Accident

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 A.T.S. Girl's Accident While cycling home on Sunday ' about 10.15 p.m. Mrs. Emily Drakeford (21), of 28, Bridge Street,...

Sailor – Lockwood – On Survivor’s Leave

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 On Survivor’s Leave First-Class Stoker Douglas Lockwood (20) youngest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. B. Lockwood joined the...

Fifty Years In Business – Mexborough Grocer’s Jubilee

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Fifty Years In Business Mexborough Grocer’s Jubilee To-day (Friday), Mr. Charles Marks, of “Latrigg,” St. George's Avenue, Swinton, a well-known...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than the...

Montagu Hospital – The Weeks Casualty List – 28 October 1939

October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Montagu Hospital The Weeks Casualty List Admitted cases: Sunday: Elizabeth Harrington, Sandygate Wath, back injuries, road accident: Mary...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1939

38 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Marconigrams  The Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt. Rev. Leslie Stannard Hunter, was received by the King on Tuesday. The...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of the...

Soldier – Hebbs, William – Soldier Swims in Dead Sea

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Safe Bathing Swinton Soldier Swims in Dead Sea Safe bathing was the boast of many a seaside resort but the...

Marconigrams – November 6th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Marconigrams The Swinton branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been revived. Coun. P.B....

Soldiers – Breeze, Joseph & Foulkes, William – Step-Brothers Keep Together

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Step-Brothers Keep Together Two Swinton step-brothers who were called to the Forces on the same day and have been together...

Editorial – November 13th, 1943 – To The Bitter End

13 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 To The Bitter End Hitler’s speech, sandwiched between those of Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill, did not gain anything...

Cinema – Roxy – Sightly Dangerous

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 From YouTube:

Soldier – Parker W.L. – Sergeant’s Impressions

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Swinton Sergeant’s Impressions The hours of expectancy and tension among our Forces in harbour, and on shipboard, immediately before the...

Editorial – Ripening The Harvest

27 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Ripening The Harvest The Bomb blizzard which has struck Berlin during the last few days while only a further...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 13th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday Reginald Gilbert, 115, Wath Road, Mexborough, foreign body in eye; Derek Earp (13), 95,...

Cinema – Roxy – Tomorrow We Live

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943 From YouTube

Marconigrams – May 05th 1933

May 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 May 1933  Marconigrams A fourteenth-century arrow-head has been unearthed in Conisborough garden. There is no one livning person who is...

Editorial – Looking for Trouble

20 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Looking For Trouble There is still a good deal that is not clear about the unrest in the Lebanon,...

Wedding – Bool & Myers

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 Mr. Owen Myers (Swinton) and Miss. Peggy Bool (Mexborough).

Nursing Success

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943 Nursing Success Miss Marjorie Brooks (22), only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Brooks of Brookville, Rockingham Road, Swinton, has...