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Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Beevers

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 June 1942 Golden Wedding. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beevers, of 38, Goldthorpe Road. Goldthorpe, celebrate their golden wedding....

Collapsed In Pit – Thurncoe Miner’s Sudden Death

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 June 1942 Collapsed In Pit Thurncoe Miner’s Sudden Death How a 52 year old miner collapsed and died at...

Causes of Barnburgh Disaster “Without Precedent in This Country”

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 27th, 1942. Causes of Barnburgh Disaster "Without Precedent in This Country," Says Coroner Amazing escapes by 18 entombed men, some of them cut...

Marconigrams – June 20th, 1942

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 20th, 1942. Marconigrams On Sunday Mr. Frank Willcock completed thirty years' service as organist at Brampton Bierlow Parish Church. The death took place...

Marconigrams – June 27th, 1942

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 27th, 1942. Marconigrams The charity cricket match at Mexborough on Monday realised well over £400. A hive of bees swarmed on a hawthorn...

Hickleton 125 Brodsworth 141 – Hickleton’s First Defeat

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 27th, 1942. Yorkshire Council Mexborough Fail Again Swinton gained their second victory over Mexborough this season at Hampden Road on Saturday. They sent...

Thorncliffe  78  Hickleton  82 for 2 – Hickleton’s Easy Win

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 June 1942 Yorkshire Council Elsecar 74  Mexborough  75 for 8 An "all-or-nothing  batting display by J. Howarth and A. Vickers in...

Editorial – Dangerous Corner

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 27th, 1942. Dangerous Corner                                           We are in a tight corner again. Within the week the news from North Africa has clarified...

Editorial – City by City

6 June 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 June 1942 City by City From Leaflet Raids to the visitation which smote Cologne last week-end is a far...

Editorial – The Brotherhood of Freedom

20 June 1942
South Yorkshire Times, June 20th, 1942. The Brotherhood of Freedom Though the pendulum of war still remains poised, obstinately declining to swing in our favour until...