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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...

Editorial – Second Front

25 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942 Second Front The demand for the opening by the United Nations of a second front in Europe is not now...

Wedding – Bolton & Jones

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 May 1942 At Great Houghton Methodist Chapel on Saturday, the marriage took place of Miss Myra Bolton, daughter of...

South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942

Issue of New Ration Books

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Issue of New Ration Books You Need: Your present ration book with reference to leave filled in 2. Your...