1942
Wombwell Dance Hall Scene – Manager Assaulted
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
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
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
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...
Soldier – Moore, Alfred – Wombwell Man who Served in Malaya
South Yorkshire Times, October 10, 1942.
Wombwell Man who Served in Malaya
News of A.C.2 Alfred Moore (36), formerly assistant at the Park Street in Stoneyford...
Soldier – Wilkinson, Ernest – Prisoner of War
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 October 1942
Prisoner Of War
Official news has reached the wife and parents of Ernest Wilkinson (29), of George...
Editorial – Still the Sure Shield
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 October 1942
Still the Sure Shield
Convoys have been in the news more than usual recently. The Government's...
Editorial – The Coal Debate
South Yorkshire Times, October 10, 1942
The Coal Debate
The Coal Debate in the House of Commons provided no promise of an early solution to...
Editorial – Three Speeches
South Yorkshire Times, October 17, 1942
Three Speeches
After a period of silent concentration on the grim realities of war the last ten days have...
Editorial – A Great Occasion (video)
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942
A Great Occasion
Long after the war is over the Trafalgar Day speech of Field Marshal Smuts will...