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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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

Nurse Goes Overseas

October 1944
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,...

Three Months’ Sentence For Thurnscoe Soldier

October 1944
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...

Splendid Boxing Show at Thurnscoe

October 1944
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...