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Mexborough Nonagenarian

October 1943
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

9 October 1943
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

16 December 1944
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

October 1942
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

July 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

July 1932
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

8 July 1932
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

November 1943
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

November 1943
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

October 1943
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....

November 1943
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

October 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

October 1943
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

October 1943
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

October 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

October 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

23 October 1943
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

October 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

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

2 December 1944
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

18 November 1944
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

September 1943
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

October 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

September 1943
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

28 October 1944
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...