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Was In Hong Kong – Wombwell Man Held Government Post

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 Was In Hong Kong Wombwell Man Held Government Post Nearly eight months have elapsed since news was received of...

South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942

Back to Work – Cortonwood in Full Production

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Back to Work Cortonwood in Full Production As reported in our last issue the strike at Cortonwood...

Cortonwood Strike – Trouble Over Price List

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 Cortonwood Strike Trouble Over Price List Eighteen hundred employees of Cortonwood Colliery, Brampton, Wombwell, have been idle...

Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Mines Secretary at Manvers Main Distinguished Gathering at Opening Of Canteen And Solarium Mr. D. R. Grenfell,...

Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Mines Secretary at Manvers Main Distinguished Gathering at Opening of Canteen And Solarium Mr D. R. Grenfell...

Pithead Meals – Lady Roberts to Open Wombwell Canteen

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 May 1942 Pithead Meals Lady Roberts to Open Wombwell Canteen A pithead canteen at which a twenty-four hours service of...

Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 May 1942 Tide Up At Bolton Dearne Board "Stuck" at Mill Weir Some indication of the natural obstacles to...

A.T.C. Inspection – Flight-Lieutenant Cavendish-Bentinck

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 A.T.C. Inspection Flight-Lieutenant Lord Morven Cavendish-Bentinck at Wombwell “You are now in the front line of support for the...

Marconigrams – May 02nd, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Marconigrams The egg ration for April is five for each person. The proposed scheme for the rationing of coal...