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After Nine Pints – Rough Night at Swinton

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942 After Nine Pints Rough Night at Swinton Joseph Henry Parham (28), labourer, of 4. Hanover Square, Thurnscoe,...

Estate Damage.

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942 Estate Damage. Seven youths were each summoned at Rotherham for two offences, first with having thrown missiles...

Mexborough 91 Swinton 93 for 6 – Swinton Do It Again.

August 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 August 1942 90 In Boundary Hits A hurricane 94 not out, including 18 fours and three sixes by R....

Swinton 109 South Kirkby 110 for 2 – A Swinton “Procession”

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942 Yorkshire Council A Thorncliffe Collapse Thorncliffe lost at home to Wath by six wickets. C. Davis (22) and T....

Swinton  45 for 3  Elsecar  44 – Ellison Takes 9 for 28

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942 Ellison Takes 9 for 28 Swinton  45 for 3  Elsecar  44 Irving Ellison, medium fast bowler, had a major...

Soldier – Pilkington, Alec E. – Missing

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942 Missing Here is a picture of Lce/cpl. Alec E. Pilkington, of Station Street, Swinton, of the Royal Engineers,...

Editorial – Waiting

1 August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 August 1942 Waiting Waiting is a test of nerve and spirit. It is an ordeal which may be selfimposed from...

Editorial – Congress Exposed

8 August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942 Congress Exposed Amongst other preoccupations the news out of India is unpleasantly inopportune though the latest revelation...

Editorial – The Battering Ram

15 August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942 The Battering Ram Figures issued this week showing the development of the British air offensive against Germany...

Editorial – A Wonderful Journey (video)

22 August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942 A Wonderful Journey A year ago Mr. Churchill made his first big journey of the war, meeting...