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Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace

22 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944 Pitfalls of Peace An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...

Editorial – Pontine Portent

29 January 1944
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944 Pontine Portent After Dieppe and Salerno  the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...

Hickleton Girl Commended

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 19th, 1944 Hickleton Girl Commended An unexpected adventure on a Lakeland holiday when she joined in a search for a crashed R.A.F....

King & Queen Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields – Pithead Canteen Lunch

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 12th, 1944 King and Queen Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields Pithead Canteen Lunch at Elsecar Queen’s Interest in Hickleton Production Feats In the course of a...

Soldier – Crackles, Jack – Killed In Action

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 19th, 1944 Killed In Action Mrs. J. W. Crackles widow of Mr. Crackles of 3 Lidgett Lane, Thurnscoe East, has received news...

Soldiers – Glover, John & Goldthorpe, George – Lost in Italy

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times February 26, 1944 Lost in Italy Here are pictures of Sergeant John Glover (30) and Private George Goldthorpe (24), of the York and...

Soldier – Drury, Frederick Walter – Wounded In Italy

March 1944
South Yorkshire Times, March 18th, 1944 Wounded In Italy Mr. and Mrs. Drury of 10, Marlborough Avenue, Thurnscoe, have received a letter from their son, Guardsman...

Sailor – Hall, Robert – Sailor’s Escape

March 1944
South Yorkshire Times, March 25th, 1944 Sailor’s Escape One of the survivors of a warship sunk while on convoy escort duty, Petty Officer Robert Hall, (23),...

Obituary Mr. W. T. Oades

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 8th, 1944 Obituary Mr. W. T. Oades The death of Mr W. T. Oades, of St. Helen’s Farm, Thurnscoe, has deprived Thurnscoe...

Wedding – Moody & Davies

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Weddings A group taken after the wedding at Thurnscoe of Miss Ivy Moody, of Denaby Avenue, Conisbrough, and Mr. George...