Home 1870 1942

1942

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...

Soldier – Moore, Alfred – Wombwell Man who Served in Malaya

October 1942
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

October 1942
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

3 October 1942
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

10 October 1942
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

17 October 1942
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)

24 October 1942
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...