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Veteran Colliers Show the Way

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 Veteran Colliers Show the Way Thirteen “old hands” at Dearne Valley Colliery, Little Houghton, with an average age...

Marconigrams – 25th September 1943

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943 Marconigrams Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...

Marconigrams – Saturday 18 September 1943

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 Marconigrams Gift Day at Wombwell Parish Church had, up to yesterday, realised £151 18s. 10d. The L.N.E.R. announce that...

Soldier – Dyson, Samuel – Lonely Outpost

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 4 September 1943 Lonely Outpost “Far from the madding crowd” in the military sense, is Pte. Samuel Dyson (26), a former...

Soldier – Pye, George, Henry – Urged His Men On – Man Who Would...

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Urged His Men On Wombwell Man Who Would Not Give In A story of how a Wombwell man’s gallantry at...

Editorial – Four Years of War

11 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Four Years of War Looking back across four years of war, as we do to-day, we cannot help but...

Editorial – The Battle of Italy

18 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 18 September 1943 The Battle of Italy Italy’s surrender, a very considerable achievement for the United Nations, is not fundamentally minimised...

Last Oak’s “Orphan” – Wombwell Memories  – Flood

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Last Oak’s “Orphan” Wombwell Memories   Flood This is a picture of five generations. The great-great-grandmother of the group is Mrs. Ann...

Dancing Sisters Talented Wombwell Girls

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Dancing Sisters Talented Wombwell Girls Miss Moreen Burrows (13), daughter of Mr. T. H. Burrows, J.P., and Mrs. Burrows, of...

Marconigrams – October 02nd 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Marconigrams Mr. W. J. Harrison, stationmaster at Ashton Park Parade, has been appointed stationmaster at Wath. St. John Ambulance Classes, which...