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Sailor – Smithyman, Charles – Sailor Broadcaster

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943 Sailor Broadcaster Mr. and Mrs. F. Smithyman, of Dearne Street, Great Houghton, were delighted to hear their son, Able Seaman...

Editorial – Looking for Trouble

20 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Looking For Trouble There is still a good deal that is not clear about the unrest in the Lebanon,...

Editorial – Common Cause

6 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Common Cause News from Moscow was scanty for the duration of the conference between Britain, the United States and...

Editorial – Women at War

2 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Women at War Mr. Bevin is credited as the initiator of the vast meeting of British women held in...

Editorial – The Coal Debate

16 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943 The Coal Debate A good many straws which have hovered in the wind for the last few weeks were...

Editorial – Europe’s Ordeal

9 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943 Europe’s Ordeal The sack of Naples by the retreating Germans is a horrid foretaste of what is in store...

Editorial – Greece in Travail

16 December 1944
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...

Marconigrams – July 29th, 1932

July 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 July 1932 Marconigrams Work will commence next week on a new Labour Exchange to be erected in Mexborough. A second...

Marconigrams – October 16th 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943 Marconigrams Out of a total of fifty-six convictions obtained by the R.S.P.C.A, during September, Yorkshire had five. Although the...

Editorial – Looking Beyond Victory

23 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Looking Beyond Victory It is unwise to build hopes too high on speeches, even on those of such a reputable...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Wednesday: Donald Beighton (18). 239, Wath Road, Mexborough, foot injury; Horace Hornsby, 91, Main Street,...

Editorial – A Well-Kept Watch

2 December 1944
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 – Twice Taught Lesson

18 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times 18 November 1944 Twice Taught Lesson Royal Air Force Lancasters intervened dramatically in the inconclusive Battleships versus Bombs debate this week. The sinking...

Soldier – Bladen, Alfred – Gunner’s Death

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1945 Gunner's Death News has reached the parents of Gnr. Alfred Bladen (24), of 7. School Street, Great Houghton, that their...

Sailor – Paradine, Lawrence – Sailor’s Verses

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Sailor’s Verses Lawerence Paradine, of Darfield, joined the Navy about twelve months ago and has recently enjoyed a leave at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 September 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List The following casualties were treated at Mexborough Montagu Hospital during the...

Editorial – Japan’s Turn

28 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944 Japan’s Turn Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...

Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace

22 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944 Pitfalls of Peace An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...

Editorial – Russian Recoil

8 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944 Russian Recoil It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...

Editorial – Into the New Year

1 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944 Into the New Year As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...

Editorial – Hammer And Sickle

8 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944 Hammer And Sickle Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...

Editorial – Down But Not Out

12 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944 Down But Not Out It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...

Editorial – Pontine Portent

29 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944 Pontine Portent After Dieppe and Salerno  the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...

Veteran Colliers Show The Way – Dearne Valley Group’s High Output

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943 Veteran Colliers Show The Way Dearne Valley Group’s High Output Left to right: F. Turner (60), J. Conyers (63), J. H....

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...