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Marconigrams – May 16th, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Marconigrams Mrs  K. Jackson, of Wath, has made a donation of £20, which is much appreciated for...

Marconigrams – May 30th, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times, May 30, 1942 Marconigrams Wath Grammar School A.T.C. Squadron have this week been in camp under canvas at an R.A.F. Station. The Rt....

Editorial – Barnburgh Main

2 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Barnburgh Main The History of coal-mining is unfortunately punctuated with those disasters which seem inevitable where man...

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....

Wedding – Smith & Kerry

June 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 June 1942 The wedding was solemnised between L/Cpl. Fred Kerry, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kerry, 8,...

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...