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Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
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...

Marconigrams – August 05th, 1944

August 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,...

Marconigrams – August 26th, 1944

August 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...

Soldier – Rock, Keneth – Injured In Normandy

August 1944
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...

Soldier -Sharrock, Leslie W.G. – Promoted

August 1944
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...

Editorial – Allied Mastery

5 August 1944
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 – Down But Not Out

12 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944 Down But Not Out It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...

Editorial – Forcing the Pace

26 August 1944
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...

Editorial – France Rises Again

26 August 1944
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...

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...