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Outcrop Coal – Big Dump at Warren Vale
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Soldier – Parker W.L. – Sergeant’s Impressions
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
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
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,...
Marconigrams – May 05th 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
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
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943
Mr. Owen Myers (Swinton) and Miss. Peggy Bool (Mexborough).
Nursing Success
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...