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Mr. Hall Speaks Out

September 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 05 September 1942 Mr. Hall Speaks Out None of the many speeches made by Mr. Joe Hall, the Yorkshire miners' leader,...

Robbed In Hospital.

September 1942
South Yorkshire Times, September 19, 1942 Robbed In Hospital. While in Barnsley Beckett Hospital suffering from paralysis, John Potts (47), caretaker, of Turner Street, Great...

Airman – Robson, Cecil – Blows his Own Trumpet

September 1942
South Yorkshire Times, September 26, 1942 Blows his Own Trumpet Cecil Robson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robson, 11. Dearne Street, Great Houghton, is a...

Editorial – The Fourth Year

5 September 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 05 September 1942 The Fourth Year In those far-off days of the autumn of 1939, when the war was still a...

Editorial – A Cheerful War Review

12 September 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 12 September 1942 A Cheerful War Review With all the old mastery of phrase and a hint of new optimism...

Editorial – The Breathless Moment

19 September 1942
South Yorkshire Times, September 19, 1942 The Breathless Moment Never was time more heartily wished away than the sedate march of Autumn towards Winter. In Russia...

Editorial – The Need for Speed

26 September 1942
South Yorkshire Times, September 26, 1942 The Need for Speed At Stalingrad the struggle for dominance now seems to have become a Street by Street affair....

Boxer to the Rescue – Child Saved from the Canal at Wombwell

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times, October 3rd, 1942 Boxer to the Rescue Child Saved from the Canal at Wombwell Mr. Edward (“Ted”) Jones, ripper at Houghton Main, a well-known...

Wombwell Pit Worker’s Gallantry

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942 Wombwell Pit Worker's Gallantry Thomas Benjamin Moore (46), colliery packer employed at Houghton Main, of 49. Copeland Road....

Police Visit Club – Great Houghton Summonses

October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942 Police Visit Club Great Houghton Summonses A total of thirty-four summonses were listed at Barnsley West Riding Court...