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Soldiers – Pearce, Sydney & Arnold – Two Serving 

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943  Two Serving  Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearce, of 13, Collindridge Road, Wombwell, whose son-in-law, Sergt. T. E. Bisby, R.A.F., has...

Soldier – Hobson, Walter – Story of Recapture

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943 Wombwell Man’s Story of Recapture Walter Hobson (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hobson, Long Fold, West Melton, has...

Marconigrams – May 05th 1933

May 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 May 1933 Marconigrams A fourteenth-century arrow-head has been unearthed in Conisborough garden. There is no one livning person who is...

Conisbrough Response To Wombwell War Widow’s Query

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943 Conisbrough Response To Wombwell War Widow’s Query The photograph in our last issue of a Wombwell soldier named Saville, who...

Editorial – Looking for Trouble

20 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Looking For Trouble There is still a good deal that is not clear about the unrest in the Lebanon,...

Soldier – Burton, William – North African Victory – Wombwell Man’s Graphic Story

South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943 North African Victory Wombwell Man’s Graphic Story A battlefield experience extending from January, 1943, until the Germans were finally ousted from...

Soldier – Saville M.H. – Conisbrough Query

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 A Conisbrough Query The man on the right-hand side of the photograph reproduced here, was recently killed in action in...

Editorial – Common Cause

6 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Common Cause News from Moscow was scanty for the duration of the conference between Britain, the United States and...

Marconigrams – November 13th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Marconigrams Mr. E. Bell, of Mexborough, has completed fifty years' service as a bell-ringer at Mexborough Parish Church. The Bishop...

Soldier – Hewitt, Thomas E. – Back From Salerno – Invalided Home

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 Back From Salerno Wombwell Man Invalided Home Having been invalided home from Italy suffering the after effects of malaria, L/Cpl....

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – November 27th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday George Hunter, 30, Lindale Gardens, Goldthorpe, foreign body in eye; Betty Nelson (17½)...

Airman – Beaumont, Wilfred – D.F.C. For Saving “Ship” And Crew

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 11th 1943 Brampton Officer Decorated D.F.C. For Saving “Ship” And Crew Pilot Officer Wilfred Beaumont (22), only son of Mr. and Mrs....

Marconigrams – November 20th 1943

November 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...

Editorial – Women at War

2 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 02nd 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

October 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

October 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

16 October 1943
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...

Editorial – Europe’s Ordeal

9 October 1943
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

16 December 1944
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...

Another 1300 Men Out – Darfield & Wombwell Main Dismissals

July 1932
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 29th,1932 Another 1300 Men Out Darfield & Wombwell Main Dismissals This has been a depressing week for Wombwell.  In two consecutive days...

Marconigrams – July 29th, 1932

July 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...

Tibetan Monk’s Hospitality – Wombwell Soldier’s Tea with Butter

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Tibetan Monk’s Hospitality Wombwell Soldier's Tea with Butter The Rector of Wombwell, Canon J. St. Leger Blakeney gets many newsy...

Marconigrams, October 9,1943

October 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...

Marconigrams – October 23rd, 1943

October 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

October 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...