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Soldier – Dale, Frank – Service Snaps

February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 February 1942 Service Snaps His fiancee, Miss Betty Cauwood, of Swinton, has sent us the above picture of Pte. Frank...

Editorial – Singapore

7 February 1942
South Yorkhire Times - Saturday 7 February 1942 Singapore We have not yet got accustomed to the terrific pace of this war. In Russia, where...

Editorial – Hail, Russia!

14 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 February 1942 Hail, Russia! Who would have supposed, when Stalin gave Hitler a free hand against Poland, Britain, and...

Editorial – United We Stand

21 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 21st, 1942. United We Stand Though checked a little by successes in Russia and Libya our war fortunes have taken a...

Editorial – The Cripps Touch

28 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 28th, 1942. The Cripps Touch The House of Commons has been helped through its crisis of nerves by the Prime Minister,...

Marconigrams – March 28th, 1942

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Marconigrams Mr. C. Paxman Tiptaft, J.P., of Cadeby, was on Saturday elected treasurer of the Don Valley Conservative...

Marconigrams – March 14th, 1942

March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 March 1942 Marconigrams Sergt Donald Diggle, of Wombwell was invested with the Distinguished Flying Medal by the King...

Marconigrams – March 14th, 1942

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 March 1942 Marconigrams Over 250 in-patients and out-patients are attended to daily at the Mexborough Montagu Hospital. Congratulations to Dearne District,...

Warship Week Crescendo

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 Warship Week Crescendo Most of the South Yorkshire towns and rural districts have now held their warship...

Soldiers – Hill Family – Patriotic Family.

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Patriotic Family. Five members of a well-known Swinton family are helping the war effort in a practical way. The...