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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...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 The Last Two End of Five and a Half Days' Search The last two men, G. F....

South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942

Mines Secretary at Manvers Main

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Mines Secretary at Manvers Main Distinguished Gathering at Opening Of Canteen And Solarium Mr. D. R. Grenfell,...

Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Mines Secretary at Manvers Main Distinguished Gathering at Opening Of Canteen And Solarium Mr. D. R. Grenfell,...

Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Mines Secretary at Manvers Main Distinguished Gathering at Opening of Canteen And Solarium Mr D. R. Grenfell...

Cinema – Roxy – Dressed to Kill (video)

May 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 May 1942 From YouTube:

Issue of New Ration Books

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Issue of New Ration Books You Need: Your present ration book with reference to leave filled in 2. Your...

Marconigrams – May 02nd, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Marconigrams The egg ration for April is five for each person. The proposed scheme for the rationing of coal...