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Sailor – Smithyman, Charles – Sailor Broadcaster
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...