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Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – Colonel Blimp

December 1943
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Soldier – Judge, Frank – Twenty First Birthday

December 1943
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 

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

May 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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

20 November 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

December 1943
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

November 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

6 November 1943
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

December 1943
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

November 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

November 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

November 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

2 October 1943
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

October 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

October 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

16 October 1943
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...