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Editorial – Turning Tide

9 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 09 May 1942 Turning Tide The Balance Sheet of war does not yet show many positive credits on the side...

Editorial – Voice of Victory (video)

16 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Voice of Victory It was the voice of victory which we heard on Sunday in Mr. Churchill's...

Editorial – The Pause

23 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 May 1942 The Pause Opening the debate on the war in the House of Commons this week Mr. Attlee described...

Editorial – Coalfield Unrest

30 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times, May 30, 1942 Coalfield Unrest Unrest expressed in an outbreak of lightning strikes is not confined to the South Yorkshire coalfield. The...

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...