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Marconigrams – 25th September 1943

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

2 December 1944
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

18 November 1944
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

October 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,...

Dancing Sisters Talented Wombwell Girls

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Dancing Sisters Talented Wombwell Girls Miss Moreen Burrows (13), daughter of Mr. T. H. Burrows, J.P., and Mrs. Burrows, of...

Soldier – Smith, Raymond – In Africa and Sicily

October 1943
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,...

Editorial – Japan’s Turn

28 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944 Japan’s Turn Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...

Editorial – Japan’s Turn

28 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944 Japan’s Turn Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...

Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace

22 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944 Pitfalls of Peace An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...

Editorial – Russian Recoil

8 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944 Russian Recoil It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...

Editorial – Into the New Year

1 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944 Into the New Year As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...

Editorial – Hammer And Sickle

8 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944 Hammer And Sickle Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...

Editorial – Down But Not Out

12 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944 Down But Not Out It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...

Wombwell Main Romance – Miss Nora M. Hempson Engaged to Army Officer

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Wombwell Main Romance Miss Nora M. Hempson Engaged to Army Officer Friends at Wombwell will be interested to hear of the...

Soldier – Pye, George, Henry – Urged His Men On – Man Who Would...

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Urged His Men On Wombwell Man Who Would Not Give In A story of how a Wombwell man’s gallantry at...

Soldier – Creber, Jack – Wounded In Africa

South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Wounded In Africa Here is a picture of Pte. Jack Creber, (24), son of Mrs. Creber, of John Street, Wombwell,...

Editorial – Pontine Portent

29 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944 Pontine Portent After Dieppe and Salerno  the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...

Editorial – Four Years of War

11 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Four Years of War Looking back across four years of war, as we do to-day, we cannot help but...

Marconigrams – December 02nd 1944

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 Marconigrams The Mining Association of Great Britain is to appoint a Director of Recruitment, Training and Education, at a salary...

Editorial – A Well Kept Watch

December 1918
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 A Well Kept Watch On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...

Rockingham 208 for 5  Brampton  73 – Young Rockingham Batsman Shines

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Yorkshire Council Young Rockingham Batsman Shines Rockingham 208 for 5  Brampton  73 Rockingham secured a conspicuous victory over Brampton in their feast...

Airman- McCue, James – Flight Sergeant Fatally Injured in Canada

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Wombwell Flight Sergeant Fatally Injured in Canada Mr. and Mrs. James McCue, of 1, Broomhead Road, Wombwell, received a telegram...

Sailor – Moore, Clive – In Submarines

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 In Submarines Petty Officer Clive Moore, (24), second son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore, 2, Myrtle Road, Wombwell, an...

Marconigrams – November 25th, 1944

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Marconigrams The opinion that dim-out conditions are more difficult than complete black-out, was expressed by two bus drivers and a...

Editorial – Hard Pounding

25 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Hard Pounding General Eisenhower, like Wellington at Waterloo, is seeing who can pound longer.  It is a test of many...