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Mexborough Nonagenarian
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Mexborough Nonagenarian
Mrs Hemingway Cuts her 90th Birthday Cake
A well-known and respected Mexborough resident, Mrs. Hannah Hemingway, celebrated her ninetieth...
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...
Soldier – Millthorpe, Jack – A Smile Like Jack’s
South Yorkshire Times October 3rd, 1942
Service Snaps
Apologies to Jack Millthorpe, of 59, Arnold Crescent, Mexborough, whom by inadvertence we described as a married man...
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...
Wedding – Singleton & Cadwallander – Mexborough Councillor’s Daughter
Mexborough & Swinton Times Friday July 29th, 1932
Mexborough Councillor's Daughter
Cadwallader-Singleton.
Miss Georgine Marg (Mollie) Singleton, elder daughter of Mrs. Marie Singleton and the late...
Mexborough 142 for 5 Elsecar 139
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 08 July 1932
Yorkshire Council
Mexborough Turn the Tables
Mexboro’ secured ample revenge on Saturday for their dismissal by Elsecar...
Soldier – Ibbotson, John Richard – Policeman In India
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Policeman In India
Sgt. John Richard Ibbotson (27), of 8, Sarah Street, Mexborough, is serving with the Corps of Military...
Soldier – Newby, Albert Edward – Repatriation Journey Ends at Sea
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Repatriation Journey Ends at Sea
Pte. Albert Edward Newby, a Sunderland soldier and formerly of Hoyland and Mexborough, was on...
Soldier – Winfrow, Charles – Wounded
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Wounded
Mrs. C. Winfrow of 6 Victoria Street, Mexborough, eldest daughter of Coun J. Walton J.P. and Mrs. Walton has...
Soldiers & Sailor – Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T Howlett – F....
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T Howlett – F. Howlett
Mrs. Grocott, of Church Street, Cudworth, sends us...
Marconigrams, October 9,1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Marconigrams
Goebbels still maintains that the German army is elastic. It certainly shows every sign of perishing in the...
Soldier – Glover, Kenneth – Service Snaps
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Service Snaps
Gunner Kenneth Glover (19), second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Glover of 14, Byron Road, Mexborough, has...
Soldier – Sarjantson, John William – Service Snaps
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Service Snaps
Sergt. John William Sarjantson of the Airborne Troops, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Sarjantson of 14, Benita...
Marconigrams – October 23rd, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Marconigrams
The Rev. A. C. E. Bennett, Vicar of St. Hilda's, Thurnscoe, has been nominated to the living of...
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 – October 23 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,...
Marconigrams – 25th September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Marconigrams
Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...
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 & Sailor – Atkinson Brothers – Brothers Meet Out East
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Brothers Meet Out East
Gunner George Atkinson (27), son of Mrs. H. Atkinson, 45, Cross Gate Mexborough, was in Algiers...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 9, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List Out-patient Casualties treated from Wednesday (12 noon), 29/9/43, to Wednesday (12 noon), 6/10/43.
Wednesday:
Ernest Copley,...
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...