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Food Control – Barnburgh’s Communal Feeding

January 1918
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 08 January 1918 Food Control There are signs that the local Food Control Committees are getting into their stride, that the...

District Shoppers in Need of Margarine and Meat – “Invasion” of Mexborough

January 1918
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 12 January 1918 “Invasion” of Mexborough District Shoppers in Need of Margarine and Meat The Mexborough Food control committee on Thursday and yesterday...

Caught In Clubhouse

January 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 25 January 1918 Caught In Clubhouse At Doncaster yesterday, John Gibbons, a soldier, who said he was from Hull; William'...

Soldier – Collier C.W. – Killed in Action

January 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 5, 1918 Lcp. C. W. Collier. York and Lancaster Mrs. Collier, Doncaster road, has received news that her husband, Lcp. C. W....

Soldier – Austwick G.A. – Military Medallist.

January 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 26, 1918 Cpl. G. A. Austwick, Royal Engineers Goldthorpe Military Medallist.

Soldier – Wordley G.W. – Military Medal Winner

January 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 5, 1918 Goldthorpe Military Medal Winner. Private G. W. Wordley East Yorkshire Regiment   Private Wordley of 72, Main street, Goldthorpe, has been...

Soldier – Wordly – Military Medal

January 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1919 The Men Who have Won Peace Private G Wordly - Military Medallist East Yorkshire Regiment A concert was given by the...

Goldthorpe Miner Killed – Men Work To Show Sympathy

February 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16 1918 Goldthorpe Miner Killed Men Work To Show Sympathy At the Goldthorpe Colliery on Saturday, Tom Scott, miner, of 88 Main...

Petty Theft Cases

February 1918
Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 20 February 1918 Wilfred Mason, seventeen, and George Stringfellow, pony-drivers, Goldthorpe, together with Fred Moorhouse, sixteen, pit-band, Thurnscoe pleaded guilty, at...

Soldiers – Harding Brothers – D.C.M., Discharged & Killed

February 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 2, 1918 Goldthorpe Patriots Of the three sons of Mr. Harding, 1, King street, Goldthorpe, one, Lc.p. Harding  (K.O.Y.L.I.) (picture, left)...