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Soldier – Johnson T. – Prisoner In Borneo
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943
Prisoner In Borneo
T. Johnson, son of Mr. D. Johnson and the late Mrs. Johnson, of 73 Main Street, Goldthorpe,...
Soldier – Hirst F. – Presumed Dead
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
Presumed Dead
Mr. and Mrs. S. Hirst of 11, Windsor Square, Thurnscoe East, whose son, Spr. F. Hirst was reported...
Editorial – America’s Choice
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
America’s Choice
President Roosevelt’s re-election for a fourth term as President of the United States is not surprising, but in...
Editorial – Election in the Air
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944
Election in the Air
Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...
Splendid Boxing Show at Thurnscoe
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944
Splendid Boxing Show at Thurnscoe
The canteen at Hickleton Colliery was well filled on Saturday for N.C.A.B.A. rules in aid...
Editorial – Root and Branch
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Root and Branch
If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...
Dearne District Agricultral Society
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970
Dearne District Agricultral Society
Jayne Smith and Dawn Lowe, of Thurnscoe, following events with the aid of a programme at...
Three Months’ Sentence For Thurnscoe Soldier
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
Three Months’ Sentence
For Thurnscoe Soldier
Having been committed for trial from Halesworth Police Court, Pte. B. Inscoe (25), whose home...
Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
“White Paper” On Peace
A White Paper on international security. That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...
Nurse Goes Overseas
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
Nurse Goes Overseas
Nurse Florence Mary Marsh, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Marsh, of 15 Saxon Street, Thurnscoe,...
Editorial – A Winter Campaign?
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
A Winter Campaign?
With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...
“What We Have We Hold”
South Yorkshire Times, March 10, 1933
“What We Have We Hold”
Thurnscoe Victoria players chair their captain, Sid Mace, after winning the Mexboro’ Challenge Cup for...
The Great Blizzard
South Yorkshire Times March 3, 1933
The Great Blizzard
The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...
Editorial – A Great Step Forward
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
A Great Step Forward
Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...
Marconigrams – September 30th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
Marconigrams
Lt.-Col. H. R. Caulfield Giles, transport and traffic manager of Messrs. Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd., addressed a meeting...
Soldier – Gethen , John – Killed In France
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
Killed In France
News has been received that Private John Gethen was killed in action in France on August 27th.
Pte....
Soldier – Moore W.A. – Broadcast from India
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
Broadcast from India
On Sunday morning Driver W. A. Moore R.A., broadcast a message from India.
He is the son of...
Soldiers – Savage Brothers – Thurnscoe Quartet
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Some South Yorkshire Men In H.M. Forces
Thurnscoe Quartet
Mr. and Ms. G. J. Savage, of 35, Butcher St., Thurnscoe, have...
Soldier – Street, Richard C. – Killed In Action
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Killed In Action
Official information as been received that Private Richard C. Street, Leicester Regiment, was killed in action on...
Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
The Fight for the Rhine
Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
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...
Marconigrams – September 16th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Marconigrams
Wombwell U.D.C. have served notice to quit on one of their tenants who has not properly cultivated his garden.
Major...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
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...
Marconigrams – September 09th 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...
Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out
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...