1942 Quarter 4
Boxer to the Rescue – Child Saved from the Canal at Wombwell
South Yorkshire Times, October 3rd, 1942
Boxer to the Rescue
Child Saved from the Canal at Wombwell
Mr. Edward (“Ted”) Jones, ripper at Houghton Main, a well-known...
Warned “Pal” – Then Killed – Wombwell Street Accident
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 3rd, 1942
Warned “Pal” – Then Killed
Wombwell Street Accident
A suggestion that a sandbag buttress erected outside the women’s Labour Exchange...
Wombwell Pit Worker’s Gallantry
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942
Wombwell Pit Worker's Gallantry
Thomas Benjamin Moore (46), colliery packer employed at Houghton Main, of 49. Copeland Road....
Advert – Zam Buk – On Feet Morn Till Night ?
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 October 1942
On Feet Morn Till Night
Quickly Relieved By Zam-Buk
Hard-worked mothers with all their own homework, and shopping to...
Zam Buk (advert)
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942
Gives Feet a Good Start
You are dependent on your feet more than ever these days—and how...
Loss of a Good Workman – Inquest on Wath Collier
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 October 1942
Loss of a Good Workman
Inquest on Wath Collier
While working at Wath Main Colliery on...
Fuel Minister’s Visit – Major Lloyd George at Cortonwood
South Yorkshire Times, October 31st 1942
Fuel Minister’s Visit
Major Lloyd George at Cortonwood
Output above the Average
At the end of the visit a few moments were...
Fuel Minister’s Visit – Major Lloyd George with Miner
South Yorkshire Times, October 31st 1942
Major Lloyd George talking things over with one of the miners at Cortonwood Colliery.
New County Alderman – Wombwell Councillor Appointed
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942
New County Alderman
Wombwell Councillor Appointed
Mr. John Willie Mellor, J.P., 246, Summer Lane, Wombwell, a member of...
Marconigrams – October 03rd 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 October 1942
Marconigrams
The August road deaths were the lowest for many years. An official return shows that 502 died...