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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Soldier – Belby, Harry – Darfielder In Italy
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
Darfielder In Italy
Harry Belby (25) son of Mrs. Belby and the late Mr. Belby, Nanny Marr, is in the...
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...
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...
Airman – Bladen, Roy – Gone to India
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Gone to India
Here is a photograph of Flying Officer Roy Bladen (24), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bladen...
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...
Editorial – How Long?
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 – France Rises Again
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...
Chairman of S. Y. Coal Owners’ Association – Mr. H. Danby
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Mr. H. Danby
Chairman of S. Y. Coal Owners’ Association
At the annual general meeting of the South Yorkshire Coal Owners’...
Editorial – Forcing the Pace
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...
Editorial – Allied Mastery
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...
Soldier – Ogden, Richard – Darfield Man’s Hand Injuries
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
Darfield Man’s Hand Injuries
News reached Mrs. Richard Ogden of Snape Hill Road, last week that her husband Mr. Richard...
Soldiers – Beilby, Harry Thomas – Darfielders Meet Overseas
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
Darfielders Meet Overseas
Bombardier Harry Thomas Beilby (26), is the son of Mrs. Beilby and the late Mr. Beilby of...
Airman – Horseman, Bernard – Killed – A Great Houghton Loss
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
Airman Killed
A Great Houghton Loss
News reached the district on Sunday night that Bernard Horseman, son of Mrs. Horseman of...
Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
When Rogues Fall Out
Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...
Editorial – Careless Talk
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...
Editorial – Germany at Bay
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...
Home Guard Honoured
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
Guard Honoured
Company-Sgt.-Major I. L. Moseley of “A” Company of the 43rd West Riding Battalion of the Home Guard, has...
Soldier – Birch, Roland – Wounded In France
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
Wounded In France
Roland Birch, of Briers Buildings, Great Houghton, is the first Great Houghton soldier to be wounded in...