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Marconigrams – October 10th, 1942

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times, October 10, 1942 Marconigrams The two tyres of a big bomber now weigh close on 8 cwt. Half the sugar consumed in Great...

Marconigrams – October 17th, 1942

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 October 1942 Marconigrams Mexboroughs Warship Week plaque which la to be presented to H.M.S. Tarantula, the warship the town "...

Marconigrams – October 24th, 1942

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942 Marconigrams Gracie Fields, it is reported, will be back in England In twenty-four weeks' time. The new Rector...

Marconigrams – October 31st, 1942

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 Marconigrams Yorkshire Traction Co. announce a drastic curtailment of bus services from November 1st. Magistrates at Rotherham West Riding...

Wombwell Man Gaoled – £447 Arrears

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 £447 Arrears Wombwell Man Gaoled Frederick Moorhead, 64, Gower Street, Wombwell, was summoned at Barnsley on Friday...

Wayward Wombwell Girl – Attempts Suicide at 16

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 Wayward Wombwell Girl Attempts Suicide at 16 At the Barnsley Juvenile Court on Tuesday a 16-year-old Wombwell...

Wombwell Dance Hall Scene – Manager Assaulted

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 Manager Assaulted Wombwell Dance Hall Scene A scene at the Futurist Dance Hall, Wombwell, was described at...

Sailor – Chilton, William Alfred – Wombwell’s Man Impression of Convoy Voyage

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times, October 17, 1942. Wombwell’s Man Impression of Convoy Voyage Chief engineer William Alfred Chilton (53), of 51, Station Road, Wombwell, is back in...

Soldier – Hargreaves J. – Photograph

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 Gunner Tom William Lidster (28), son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lidster, of 228 Doncaster Road, Wath,...

Soldier – Jeavons, George Francis – Prisoner at Hong Kong

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942 Prisoner at Hong Kong Belated News of Wombwell Man After a lapse of exactly twelve months to the...