January
Contents:
Curios Found in Gas Meters
Roof Fall Caused By Bulging Tub
Busy Thurnscoe Woman
Church Army Children’s Party
Pretty Thurnscoe Operetta
– Children of St Helen’s Excel
Beer for The Band at Dance
– Selling Without Licence
Thurnscoe Men Gaoled
– Stole 11 Washing Machines
February
Contents:
Wedding – Agar & Kaye
Highgate Youth Killed At Hickleton
– Damaged Tub Brings Down Roof
March
Contents:
Wedding – Howell & Perry
Mines Managers’ Certificate
Accountant To Retire
– Over Thirty Years’ Loyal Service
Could Not Stop
– Thurnscoe Man’s Dangerous Riding
April
Contents:
Wedding – Hepworth & Tansley
New Dearne Councillors
Pageant Of Spring
– Delightful Thurnscoe Production
May
Contents:
Killed On Second Shift
Wedding – Brooke & Kerry
May Festival
Memorable Wembley Final
June
Contents:
Weddings:
– Bollans & Waddington
– Greenwood & Hague
– Maunder & Hall
Stolen Floor Boards
– Contractor’s Loss at Thurnscoe
July
Contents:
Popular Police Officer Retiring
Thurnscoe Schools’ Sports
Yorkshire Council Table – July 28, 1939
August
Contents:
Lord Halifax at Hickleton
Wedding – Davis & Ogden
British Legion Sports and Gala
– Carnival Queen
– Fancy Dress Parade
Editorial – On the Brink
Hitler Calls War Council
– Peace Appeals by Pope & President
September
Contents:
Fall from Window – Child Fatally Injured
Obituary – William Oades
Wedding – Kempson & Finch
Mexborough Montagu
– The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Looks to Its Defences
– Reports from the Districts
Stranded ‘Bus
Worst Storm For Years
– Havoc in Mexborough District
– Bus Passengers’ Ordeal
Foolish Thefts – Glasses Taken From Thurnscoe Hotel
Veteran Once Again at Thurnscoe
War Gets Closer – District Reactions To Crisis
Editorials :
Sep 1 – Standing By
Sep 9– The Curtain Rises
Sep 16 – The Fog of War
Sep 23 – Frankenstein and His Monster
Sep 30– The Cost of War
October
Contents:
Engagement – Clark & Jackson Smith
Montagu Hospital
– The Week’s Casualty List
Thurnscoe Hill School’s Map of the World
War Editorial:
– Pistol Point Peace
– The Monomaniac
– The Tempo Quickens
– Adolf Strafe England
November
Contents:
Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Foster
Wedding – Hesketh & Metcalfe
Scuffle Outside Thurnscoe Hotel
– Man Sent To Prison
A Link With Home – “Times” Editorial
Soldier – Ratchus, Alex
– Looks Forward To “Times”
War Editorial:
– “I Would” and “I Dare Not”
– A Cry From No Man’s Land
– Queens Speech & Churchill’s Review
– The Rigour of the Game
December
Contents:
Wedding – Pidd & Clements
Breakfast with Bishop
– Deanery Welcome
Montagu Hospital
– Week’s Casualty List
Soldiers:
– Rowe, Edward Victor
– Army Athlete
– Francis D. – “Feeling Fine”
– Hichcliffe H. & Sales B.
– Wants His Darts
War Editorial:
– Grey Goebbels
– “Guilty, But Insane”
– Alas, Poor Ghost!
– Recipe for a Happy Christmas
– This Year of Fate