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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 vigorously...
Low Valley Rescue – Unemployed Miner’s Gallantry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...