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Runaway Tubs – Man Dies Month After Accident

September 1944
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

September 1944
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...

Marconigrams – September 09th 1944

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Marconigrams Collections for the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund in the Dearne area for the month of August realised £130/11/1. Final figures...

Youth’s Suicide Leap From Bridge – Story of Quarrel with Bolton Girl Friend

September 1944
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...

Remanded In Custody – Shop-Breaking Charge

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 Remanded In Custody Bolton Man on Shop-Breaking Charge Jack Hirst (33), miner of Bolton-on-Dearne, was at the Doncaster West Riding Court...

Soldier – Buxton, Samuel – Hit Mine After Escape

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 Hit Mine After Escape Bolton Man’s Bad Luck From a hospital bed in Italy, Lance-Cpl. Samuel Buxton wrote to his parents,...

Soldiers – Woods Brothers – Brothers Meet In Naples

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Brothers Meet In Naples Cpl. Fred Woods R.A.M.C., and L./Ac. Jack Woods are brothers and sons of Mr. and Mrs....

Editorial – How Long?

2 September 1944
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...

Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...