South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944
Broadcasts with Army Service
A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service, which in the past few months has been set up to provide news and entertainment for men fighting in the Mediterranean Theatre.
He is L/Cpl. Harry Hinchliffe of the Pioneer Corps. a well-known local violinist and trombonist and son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Frederick Hinchliffe of “Windy Nook,” Wentworth Road, Kilnhurst.
L/Cpl. Hinchliffe is a studio operator at a pioneer British Forces station in North Africa, where 14 hours radio entertainment is being broadcast daily from a picturesque chateau which was once the harem of a Turkish pirate. On an average L/Cpl. Hinchliffe appears twice a week in the programme, being featured in a violin and piano combination with another well-known artist. Chief Broadcasting Officer at the station is Gale Pedrick, the Sheffield radio author.
Educated at Kilnhurst Church School, L/Cpl. Hinchliffe studied the violin from an early age. He won a scholarship open to all England, which enabled him to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music for three years. Before the war he played with the Halle Orchestra, Stan Cox’s orchestra at Sheffield and at many seaside resorts, including St. Leaonard’s and Rhyl.
His wife is the former Miss Nellie Healy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Healy of 16, Arold Crescent Mexborough. His father was for many years licensee of the Ship Inn at Kilnhurst being succeeded by Mr. S. Hinchliffe and now by L/Cpl. Hinchliffe’s brother. In all, the inn has been held by the family for 140 years. L/Cpl. Hinchliffe is 31. Joining the Army four years ago, he has been abroad a year.
His only grumble about his present life is that he cannot get along regularly to Hillsborough to support his favourite soccer team, the Wednesday.