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Runaway Tubs – Man Dies Month After Accident
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Runaway Tubs
Goldthorpe Man Dies Month After Accident
The theory was advanced at a Mexborough inquest on Friday, that the twisting...
“Disgrace To District” – Dearne U.D.C. Property Abused
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
“Disgrace To District”
Dearne U.D.C. Property Abused
“ A disgrace to the whole district” was how Coun. C. H. Williams, Chairman...
Editorial – How Long?
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
How Long?
Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war. Names rendered familiar by the swaying...
Youth’s Suicide Leap From Bridge – Story of Quarrel with Bolton Girl Friend
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
Doncaster Youth’s Suicide Leap From Bridge
Story of Quarrel with Bolton Girl Friend
Stated at a Goldthorpe inquest to have quarreled...
Editorial – France Rises Again
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
France Rises Again
This is France’s great week. Everywhere the grip of the German tyrants is being loosened. On all...
Soldier – Rock, Keneth – Injured In Normandy
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Injured In Normandy
Trooper Kenneth Rock R.A.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rock, of 91, Furlong Road, joined the...
Marconigrams – August 26th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944
Marconigrams
Among the prize-winning animals exhibited at Conisbrough Show on Saturday was a pig weighing 68 stones.
Mineworkers at eight collieries...
Editorial – Forcing the Pace
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Forcing the Pace
Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...
Soldier -Sharrock, Leslie W.G. – Promoted
South Yorkshire Times, August 12th 1944
Promoted
Leslie W. G. Sharrock only son of Mr. J. W. Sharrock, manager of the Furlong Road branch of the...
Marconigrams – August 05th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
Marconigrams
Red Cross collections in the Dearne District for July totalled £186/7/3.
“October in the Straits” states a recent newspaper heading,...
Editorial – Allied Mastery
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
Allied Mastery
Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...
Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
When Rogues Fall Out
Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...
South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944
Billeting Arrangements Work Well
South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees
Evacuees, mothers with small children and school children, have this week been...
Editorial – Careless Talk
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944
Careless Talk
Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...
Marconigrams – July 22nd, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944
Marconigrams
Brampton Hospital Gala on Saturday realised £230 for the Mexborough Montagu and Barnsley Beckett Hospitals.
A speaker on “Re-organisation of...
New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
New Dearne Councillor
Is Youngest Member
The new member appointed at last week’s meeting of the Dearne Urban Council to succeed...
Editorial – Germany at Bay
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
Germany at Bay
Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...
Soldiers – Conways & Hudson – Good Service
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944
Good Service
Eliezer Conway, R.A., and May Conway, A.T.S. are the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conway of...
Editorial – Shadow of Defeat
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944
Shadow of Defeat
With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans. Having got our...
Wedding – Matthews & Bourne
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944
Miss Margaret Matthews, younger daughter of Mr. W. Matthews, 7, The Crescent, Bolton, was married at Bolton Parish Church...
Editorial – Frozen War
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940
Frozen War
Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...
Marconigrams – June 17th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944
Marconigrams
Mr. A. J. Thompson has been re-elected chairman of Wath Education Sub-Committee for the 40th year.
Saturday is Alexandra Rose...
Editorial – Secret Weapons
South Yorkshire Times, June 24, 1944
Secret Weapons
Reprisals for allied bombing attacks on Germany have been long promised. This was one of the hopes used...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times, June 10th, 1944
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
John Gallaghan, 13, Temperance Terrace, Swinton, injured finger;
W. Morris, Braithwell Road, Raven field Common,...