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Marconigrams – April 22nd, 1944

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Marconigrams  The Bishop of Sheffield (Dr. L. Hunter) is to conduct a service and confirmation at Wombwell Parish Church on...

Cricket Prospects – Mitchell Main In Council Again

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 29th, 1944 Cricket Prospects Mitchell Main In Council Again Mitchell Main, who have re-entered the Yorkshire Council after a lapse of five seasons...

Soldier – Fawcett, Jack – Killed in India – Scout’s Death

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 8th, 1944 Killed in India Wombwell Scout’s Death Formerly Assistant Scoutmaster of the 25th Barnsley (Wombwell) Troop, Signaller Jack Fawcett (21), R.C.S. son...

Editorial – Waiting for the Zero Hour

1 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times April 01st 1944 Waiting for the Zero Hour Waiting for zero hour is always apt to be a trying experience. It tests the...

Editorial – Shadow and Substance

22 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Shadow and Substance Surely no campaign in the history of warfare has ever been so well advertised as the Second...

Editorial – Finance and the Future

29 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times April 29th 1944 Finance and the Future Sir John Anderson's Budget withheld the last straw. Our national economy is now so finely adjusted...

Marconigrams – May 20th, 1944

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 20th, 1944 Marconigrams Eighteen defendants from Wombwell, Blacker Hill, Darfield and Great Houghton were fined 7s 6d each at Barnsley on Monday...

Marconigrams – May 20th, 1944

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 20th, 1944 Marconigrams A patient of the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, who signs himself “A Man from Rawmarsh,” has sent to the Hospital...

Marconigrams – May 27th, 1944

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 27th, 1944 Marconigrams Mexborough Comforts Fund hope to make £100 by their annual flag day this week-end. Mr. H. L. V. Evans of...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 27th, 1944 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday – Cyril Shuttleworth, Cross Lane, Farnley, Leeds, foreign body in eye. George Hampshire, (15),...