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The Great Blizzard

March 1933
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

30 September 1944
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

September 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

September 1944
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

September 1944
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

September 1944
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

September 1944
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

23 September 1944
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

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...

Marconigrams – September 16th, 1944

September 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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Yorkshire Council Semi-Finals

August 1944
August 26th, 1944 Yorkshire Council Semi-Finals Hickleton's chances rounding off their best season since the club joined the Yorkshire Council are enhanced by the draw...

Marconigrams – August 26th, 1944

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Marconigrams Dr. Francis Briggs, vicar of Mexborough from 1921 to 1930 and previously for a period curate at Rawmarsh Parish...

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...

Wedding – Yarwood & Fuller

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Wedding - Yarwood & Fuller The wedding took place at Sandbach Methodist Church on Saturday of Miss Fred Yarwood, youngest...

Soldier – Hardy, Eric – Service Snaps

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Service Snaps Sgt. Eric Hardy who has been in India for nearly three years and is from 38, Tudor Street,...

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...

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,...

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...

Yorkshire Council – Hickleton’s Proud Place

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Hickleton’s Proud Place Hickleton Main proudly lead the Yorkshire Council with an unbroken record of victorles and a 100 per...