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Editorial – A Well-Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, 2 December 1944
A Well-Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk evacuation,...
Editorial – Greece in Travail
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944
Greece in Travail
There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...
The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years
South Yorkshire Times January 4, 1947
Looking Back 150 years
South Yorkshire Pioneer's Legacy
In South Yorkshire a chapter of its industrial history 150 years long came...
To Carry on Public Work – Retired Councillor PB Nicholson, J.P.
South Yorkshire Times January 4 1947
To Carry on Public Work
Retired Councillor PB Nicholson, J.P. will be as busy as ever.
The retirement of Mr Philip...
Wombwell Main’s Famous Victory of 1903
South Yorkshire Times January 18 1947
This photograph will evoke happy memories amongst old cricket enthusiasts.
It was taken in September 1903, after a famous victory....
Wombwell Celebrates Nationalisation
South Yorkshire Times January 18 1947
The old men of Darfield Main were entertained in the Parish Hall, Wombwell on Friday in celebration of nationalisation....
Wombwell Colliery Development
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 11 January 1947
Wombwell Colliery Development
The development at Wombwell of a modernised colliery with potential output of 5,000...
Classical Music at Wombwell High School
South Yorkshire Times February 8, 1947
A section of the audience at Wombwell Modern School on Friday listening attentively to classical music played by an...
Miners’ Leaders Son Weds – London Ceremony for Captain Hall and Miss Budd
South Yorkshire Times February 1, 1947
Miners’ Leaders Son Weds
London Ceremony for Captain C.A.Hall and Miss Lillian Budd
Mr Charles Albert Hall, ex-Captain of the Durham...
Found His Father Dead
Yorkshire Evening Post March 1, 1947
Found His Father Dead
Thomas Eastwood (65), Forester, Martin Lane, Blacker Hill, has been found dead in Wombwell Wood. He...