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Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – Colonel Blimp
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
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Soldier – Judge, Frank – Twenty First Birthday
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Twenty First Birthday
Here is a picture of Dvr. Frank Judge, R.E.M.E, eldest son of Mr, and Mrs, F. Judge,...
Soldier – Dryden, Thomas, Henry – Serving in Ceylon
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Serving in Ceylon
A former miner Gunner Thomas Henry Dryden (32), of 20, West Road, Mexborough, has been in Ceylon...
Hospital Prize Day – Commendable Innovation at Mexborough
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Group of Nurses to whom prizes were presented at the Montagu Hospital on Saturday by the Dean of the...
Mexborough Red Cross Rally
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
A group photographed at last week’s Mexborough Red Cross Rally, with Maud, Countess Fitzwilliam seated in the centre
The total...
Soldier – Mangham, Albert – Short-Lived Freedom
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Short-Lived Freedom
Freedom with his friends for 12 days and then recapture by the Germans was the news contained in...
Soldier – Evans E. – Prisoner Transferred
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Prisoner Transferred
Dvr. E. H. Evans of 2, Highfield Cottages, Main Street, Mexborough who was a prisoner in Italy, and...
Soldier – Otley, Richard – Popular Prisoner
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Popular Prisoner
A repatriated officer of the Coldstream Guards has written to Mrs. R. Otley, of 243, Wath Road, Mexborough,...
Marconigrams – May 05th 1933
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 May 1933
Marconigrams
A fourteenth-century arrow-head has been unearthed in Conisborough garden.
There is no one livning person who is...
Soldier – Brammer, Douglas – Transferred To Germany
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Transferred To Germany
Sig. Douglas Brammer (25), third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Brammer, 6, Melton Street, Mexborough, who...
Airman – Sale, Leslie – Killed On Bomber Raid
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Killed On Bomber Raid
Mexborough Flight Engineer
A promising career in the R.A.F. was cut short by the death last...
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,...
Soldiers – Warren Brothers – Family Serving
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Family Serving
Mr. Warren 102, Arnold Crescent, Mexborough, has all his family, three sons and a daughter, in the Forces.
The...
Montagu Hospital Ladies’ Committee
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943
Mrs T. S. Charlton stripping gifts from the “Silver Tree” at last week’s effort, organised by the Montagu Hospital...
Wedding – Bool & Myers
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943
Mr. Owen Myers (Swinton) and Miss. Peggy Bool (Mexborough).
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 20th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
Bernard Cooper, 151, Becknoll Road. Brampton, foreign body in eye.
Thursday
Elizabeth Cole, 8,...
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...
Swinton’s Oldest Resident
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
Swinton's Oldest Resident
Here is a picture of Mrs. Grace Mary Abbott, (93), of 39, Thomas Street, Bowbroom, Swinton’s oldest...
Marconigrams – November 13th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Marconigrams
Mr. E. Bell, of Mexborough, has completed fifty years' service as a bell-ringer at Mexborough Parish Church.
The Bishop...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 27th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
George Hunter, 30, Lindale Gardens, Goldthorpe, foreign body in eye; Betty Nelson (17½)...
Marconigrams – November 20th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Marconigrams
“The Bible is the world’s best seller because it is the world's best book. It owes its vitality...
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...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 02nd 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at the Montagu Hospital during the week ending September 29th.
Wednesday
John...
Marconigrams – October 02nd 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Marconigrams
Mr. W. J. Harrison, stationmaster at Ashton Park Parade, has been appointed stationmaster at Wath.
St. John Ambulance Classes, which...
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...