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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 – Dyson, Sidney Kenneth – In North Africa
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
In North Africa
Having a busy time in North Africa is Pte. Sidney Kenneth Dyson (29), whose wife and little...
Manvers 2 Denaby United 2 – Denaby Twice Lose Lead
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Sheffield Association
Denaby Twice Lose Lead
Manvers 2 Denaby United 2
After twice leading, Denaby United took away a point from their...
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...
Well-known Wath Man’s Sudden Death
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Mr. A. Shaw
Well-known Wath Man’s Sudden Death
The death occurred suddenly, at his home, Delaville, Sandygate ‘Wath, on Tuesday...
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...
Soldier – Ibbotson, John Richard – Policeman In India
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Policeman In India
Sgt. John Richard Ibbotson (27), of 8, Sarah Street, Mexborough, is serving with the Corps of Military...
Marconigrams, October 9,1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Marconigrams
Goebbels still maintains that the German army is elastic. It certainly shows every sign of perishing in the...
Nursing Sister – Cutts, Nellie – Serving In Sotland
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Serving In Sotland
A Nursing Sister in the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. (Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve) Miss Nellie Cutts, elder...
Soldier – Stacey W.B. – Passes On The “Times”
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Passes On The “Times”
Sergt. W. B. Stacey, R.A.F., adopted son of Mr. Joe Stacey, of 10, The Green, West...
Soldier – Brooke-Smith J.E. – Croix de Guerre
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Major J. E. Brooke Smith of Wath, who, as reported in our last issue, has been awarded the Croix...
Marconigrams – October 23rd, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Marconigrams
The Rev. A. C. E. Bennett, Vicar of St. Hilda's, Thurnscoe, has been nominated to the living of...
Marconigrams – October 16th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Marconigrams
Out of a total of fifty-six convictions obtained by the R.S.P.C.A, during September, Yorkshire had five. Although the...
Editorial – Looking Beyond Victory
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Looking Beyond Victory
It is unwise to build hopes too high on speeches, even on those of such a reputable...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week's Casualty List
Wednesday:
Donald Beighton (18). 239, Wath Road, Mexborough, foot injury;
Horace Hornsby, 91, Main Street,...
Marconigrams – 25th September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Marconigrams
Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...
Editorial – A Well-Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, 2 December 1944
A Well-Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk evacuation,...
Editorial – Twice Taught Lesson
South Yorkshire Times 18 November 1944
Twice Taught Lesson
Royal Air Force Lancasters intervened dramatically in the inconclusive Battleships versus Bombs debate this week. The sinking...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 9, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List Out-patient Casualties treated from Wednesday (12 noon), 29/9/43, to Wednesday (12 noon), 6/10/43.
Wednesday:
Ernest Copley,...
Soldier – Smith, Raymond – In Africa and Sicily
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
In Africa and Sicily
Raymond Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith of Brampton is in the Royal Artillery,...