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Editorial – Secret Weapons

24 June 1944
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...

Wedding – Matthews & Bourne

July 1944
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...

New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member

July 1944
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...

Marconigrams – July 22nd, 1944

July 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...

South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees

July 1944
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...

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Marconigrams The directors of the Midland Bank Limited announce an Interim Dividend for the half year ended June 30th last...

Soldiers – Conways & Hudson – Good Service

July 1944
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

1 July 1944
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...

Editorial – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
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...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
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...