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Sad Accident at Swinton – Evacuee Child Drowned

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 Evacuee Child Drowned Sad Accident at Swinton William Smith, of 83. Rowing Lane, Swinton, a gas fitter...

Wedding – Blacker & Newton

May 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 May 1942 Miss Kathleen Blacker, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Blacker, "Glenholme," Street. Swinton, was married...

Wedding – Blaydes & Parker

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 The marriage was solemnised at Swinton Parish Church of Mr. Ernest Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs....

Wedding – Shaw & Hudson

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 The marriage was solemnised at Mexborough Parish Church of Miss Ida Shaw, third daughter of Mr. and...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s...

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe Mine Minister's Message Sympathy With District Late on Saturday night Mr. Bell stated...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Deputy at Montagu In  this exclusive "South Yorkshire Times" picture, W. Winder, the deputy, is seen in the...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe Earth Tremor Cuts Off District at Barnburgh Main Seventeen Men Entombed :...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe - The Men Involved The Men who Died The Men who Survived

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot Leslie Thompson, one of the five men released from the...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Matthew Fairhurst, of Thurnscoe, the first man to get out, photographed at his home with his wife and...