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Editorial – The Coal Debate

10 October 1942
South Yorkshire Times, October 10, 1942 The Coal Debate The Coal Debate in the House of Commons provided no promise of an early solution to...

Editorial – Three Speeches

17 October 1942
South Yorkshire Times, October 17, 1942 Three Speeches After a period of silent concentration on the grim realities of war the last ten days have...

Editorial – A Great Occasion (video)

24 October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 October 1942 A Great Occasion Long after the war is over the Trafalgar Day speech of Field Marshal Smuts will...

Editorial – A Start in Egypt

31 October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 A Start in Egypt Climate, thoughtfully hinged to strategy no doubt, has given the Middle East precedence...

Editorial – Rommel Is On The Run.

7 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 November 1942 Rommel Is On The Run. The German Afrika Korps and its satellite Italians are streaming westward...

Editorial – A Third Front

14 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 November 1942 A Third Front The Battle of Egypt has indeed proved the prelude to more momentous developments....

Editorial – The Follow Through

21 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 November 1942 The Follow Through Hitler, it seems, means to make a bid to save something from the wreck...

Editorial – Ring of Retribution

28 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 November 1942 Ring of Retribution To say that Hitler's world, created at the cost of so much blood and...

Marconigrams – December 05th, 1942

December 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 December 1942 Marconigrams A two days' fair organised by Wath W.V.S. realised £200 for the Red Cross. A war-time...

Marconigrams – December 19th, 1942

December 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 19 December 1942 Marconigrams The banks will close to the public on New Year's Day in addition to Christmas Day and...