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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...
Soldier – Haigh, Cyril – Flying Instructor
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Flying Instructor
Cyril Haigh, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Haigh, 35, Highfield Road, Swinton, is now serving in England...
Soldier – Cooke, Ernest – Reported Prisoner
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Reported Prisoner
Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Cooke, of Lyndon Leigh, Church Street, Swinton, have received news from the Air...
Editorial – Common Cause
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943
Common Cause
News from Moscow was scanty for the duration of the conference between Britain, the United States and...
Swinton’s Oldest Resident
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Swinton's Oldest Resident
Here is a picture of Mrs. Grace Mary Abbott, (93), of 39, Thomas Street, Bowbroom, Swinton’s oldest...
Airman – Heald, Sydney – Airman Missing
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Airman Missing
Mrs. Heald, of 24, Manor Road, Swinton, has received news that her husband, Flt.Sgt. Sydney Heald, is missing...
Soldier – Nicholls, Jack – Astride An Elephant
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Astride An Elephant
The man astride the elephant is Pte. Jack Nicholls, of 45, Church Street, Swinton. The picture was...
Marconigrams – November 13th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Marconigrams
Mr. E. Bell, of Mexborough, has completed fifty years' service as a bell-ringer at Mexborough Parish Church.
The Bishop...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 27th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
George Hunter, 30, Lindale Gardens, Goldthorpe, foreign body in eye; Betty Nelson (17½)...
Airman – Culpin B.W. – Swinton D.F.C.
South Yorkshire Times, December 11th 1943
Swinton D.F.C.
Flight-Lieut. B. W. Culpin
Flight-Lieut, Bernard Walter Culpin, 21-year-old member of a “pathfinder” squadron of the R.A.F.,...
Soldier – Raynor, Leslie – D.C.M. Investiture
South Yorkshire Times, December 11th 1943
Investiture
At a recent investiture at Buckingham Palace L/Sergt. Leslie Raynor (25), of 15, Coronation Road, Swinton, received his award...
Marconigrams – November 20th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Marconigrams
“The Bible is the world’s best seller because it is the world's best book. It owes its vitality...
Soldier – White, Sam – Missing Soldier
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Missing Soldier
Here is a photograph of Pte. Sam White (25), only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. White...
Editorial – Women at War
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Women at War
Mr. Bevin is credited as the initiator of the vast meeting of British women held in...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 02nd 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at the Montagu Hospital during the week ending September 29th.
Wednesday
John...
Marconigrams – October 02nd 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Marconigrams
Mr. W. J. Harrison, stationmaster at Ashton Park Parade, has been appointed stationmaster at Wath.
St. John Ambulance Classes, which...
Editorial – The Coal Debate
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
The Coal Debate
A good many straws which have hovered in the wind for the last few weeks were...
Editorial – Europe’s Ordeal
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Europe’s Ordeal
The sack of Naples by the retreating Germans is a horrid foretaste of what is in store...
Editorial – Greece in Travail
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944
Greece in Travail
There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...
Marconigrams – July 29th, 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 July 1932
Marconigrams
Work will commence next week on a new Labour Exchange to be erected in Mexborough.
A second...
Soldiers & Sailor – Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T Howlett – F....
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T Howlett – F. Howlett
Mrs. Grocott, of Church Street, Cudworth, sends us...