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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 vigorously...

Low Valley Rescue – Unemployed Miner’s Gallantry

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 9th 1933 Low Valley Rescue Unemployed Miner's Gallantry The deep and dangerous brick pond at Low Valley was the scene of another...

Wedding – Bates & Dyer

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 9th 1933 Wedding: Dyer & Bates. Miss Emma Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bates, 48, Church Street, Jump was married...

Last Oak’s “Orphan” – Wombwell Memories  – Flood

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Last Oak’s “Orphan” Wombwell Memories   Flood This is a picture of five generations. The great-great-grandmother of the group is Mrs. Ann...

A Coming of Age

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 23rd 1933 A Coming of Age The presentation, on Monday, by the staff of the Wombwell Main Colliery, of a gold wristlet...

Wombwell Veteran Takes to Flight – Air-Minded at Sixty

June 1933
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 16th 1933 Wombwell Veteran Takes to Flight Air-Minded at Sixty Wombwell has a modest airman.  At sixty he takes a trip into...

Sport In Mombasa – Football With Bare Feet

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933 Sport In Mombasa Football With Bare Feet Wombwell Man's Experiences It was not a university rag or a phase of...

Low Valley Policeman’s Wonderful Record

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933 A Crack Shot With Rifle and Revolver Low Valley Policeman's Wonderful Record Police-constable J. W. Yorke, of Low Valley, champion...

Marconigrams – October 30th 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 Marconigrams The L.N.E.R. announce that Mr. F. Lee, of the Doncaster District Superintendent’s Office, has been appointed Stationmaster at...

Editorial – Home Again

30 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 Home Again Many homes, not a few in South Yorkshire itself, have been blessed this week by the return of...

Soldier – Bracegirdle, Phillip – Has Cousin in Italy

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Wath Officer Has Cousin in Italy A former pupil of Wath Victoria Council School, Phillip Bracegirdle (22), has received a...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than the...

Soldiers – Manley Brothers – Wombwell Brothers

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Wombwell Brothers An old boy of Kings Road School, Wombwell, and Wombwell Modern School, Gunner Eric Manley, (picture) son of...

Montagu Hospital – The Weeks Casualty List – 28 October 1939

October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Montagu Hospital - The Weeks Casualty List Admitted cases: Sunday: Elizabeth Harrington, Sandygate Wath, back injuries, road accident:...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1939

38 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Marconigrams  The Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt. Rev. Leslie Stannard Hunter, was received by the King on Tuesday. The...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of the...

Soldier – Cutler, George – Tibetan Monk’s Hospitality

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 – November 6th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Marconigrams The Swinton branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been revived. Coun. P.B....

Soldier – Peake, James E. – Football In China

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Football In China Among the Jump lads who served a long apprenticeship in arms before the present was started is...

Fall Of Roof – Wombwell Man Killed at Mitchell Main

June 1933
South Yorkshire Times, June 2nd 1933 Fall Of Roof Wombwell Man Killed at Mitchell Main A Wombwell miner, Walter Walker (26) of 64, Main Street, was killed...

Editorial – November 13th, 1943 – To The Bitter End

13 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 To The Bitter End Hitler’s speech, sandwiched between those of Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill, did not gain anything...

Haulage Hand Killed – Cortonwood Accident

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Haulage Hand Killed Cortonwood Accident The opinion that a youth killed by a fall of stone in Cortonwood Colliery on November...

Editorial – Ripening The Harvest

27 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Ripening The Harvest The Bomb blizzard which has struck Berlin during the last few days while only a further...

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...