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Soldiers – Pearce, Sydney & Arnold – Two Serving
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
Another 1300 Men Out – Darfield & Wombwell Main Dismissals
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
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
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
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
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...