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Editorial – Expert Thuggery at Pearl Harbour (video)

13 December 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 December 1941 Expert Thuggery at Pearl Harbour To parody the familiar advertisement we thought the Hun was black until...

Soldier – Barnett, Arthur – Enjoys Army Life

70 June 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941 Lance Corporal Arthur Barnett (22), son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barnett, Highfield Range, Darfield, enjoys...

Obituary – Mr. T. Harding – Former Darfield Headmaster

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942. Obituary Mr. T. Harding Former Darfield Headmaster In the closing hours of the old year, Mr Timothy Harding,...

Darfield Annual Review

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 Annual Review During the year just closed. Darfield people have carried on patriotically. The miners have worked...

Darfield Annual Review of 1941

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 3 January 1942. Darfield Annual Review Highlighted Text signifies Article on Darfield site During the year just closed Darfield people have carried...

Diary of 1941 – Some Notable Dates

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 January 2—Death Mr. Spencer Baker for 16 years Clerk to Conisbrough Council 17—Farewell presentation to the Rev. B. Russell,...

Diary of 1941 – Some Notable Dates

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 Diary of 1941 - Some Notable Dates January 2—Death of Mr. Spencer Baker, for 16 years Clerk to Conisbrough...

Marconigrams – January 10th, 1942

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942 Marconigrams Swinton have fixed their Warship Week target at £45,000 for a trawler-minesweeper. Mrs. Ellen Cocking, of 20,...

Soldier – Sagar, Thomas – Reported Missing – Later Reported Dead

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 Reported Missing News reached the young wife of Mr. Thomas Sagar, of Glenroyd, Barnsley Road, Darfield, last  week-end,...

Airman & Sailors – Randersons – Three Darfield Brothers

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 January 1942 Three Darfield Brothers Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. Randerson, of Nanny Harr Road, Darfield, are...