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Wedding – Bladen & Nicholson

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942 Staff Sergt L. Nicholson (Great Houghton) and Miss E. Bladen (Great Houghton). Staff Sergeant Lewis Nicholson son of Mr. and...

Wedding – Powell & Arkley

April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 Powell & Arkley The marriage took place on Saturday at Darfield Parish Church of Miss Myra Sylvia Powell, only...

Wedding – Watson & Harnett

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 11 April 1942 The marriage took place at Darfield Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Annie (Nancy) Watson, daughter of...

Houghton Miners’ Fine Effort

April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 Houghton Miners' Fine Effort Workmen of Houghton Main Colliery have earned warm commendation for a notable contribution to the...

Marconigrams – April 11th, 1942

April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 Marconigrams New Vicars were Instituted and Inducted at Swinton and Kilnhurst on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Twenty-two teams competed for...

Great Houghton Lampman For Trial – Alleged Libel

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942 Alleged Libel Great Houghton Lampman For Trial Stanley Gunn (36), lamproom attendant, 19, John Street, Great Houghton, a married man with...

Soldier – Newsome, Herbert Verdun – Back to the Mine.

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 April 1942 Back to the Mine. Herbert Verdun Newsome (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newsome, 47, Wright Crescent,...

Editorial – India: Why Now?

4 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 India: Why Now? The fanfare accompanying the offer of Dominion self-government to India is part of a...

Editorial – War Commentary

11 April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 War Commentary Whatever we do with India after the war we have to hold it now, with or without...

Editorial – Spendthrift

18 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 April 1942 Spendthrift The Budget is a present for a good boy. Those who are already putting their earnings into...