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Soldier Sisters – Bradley Sisters – A.T.S. Sisters Together.

March 1943
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943 A.T.S. Sisters Together. Two sisters, Mona and Clarice Bradley, of Darfield Bridge, both A. T. S. girls, are stationed together. Mona...

Soldier – P.T. Instructress.

March 1943
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943 P.T. Instructress. Miss Gladys Race (25), daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Race, of Nanny Marr Road, Darfield,...

Editorial – America’s Choice

4 November 1944
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

4 November 1944
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...

Soldier – Smallman, Joseph – Footballer in India

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Footballer in India Joseph Smallman (30), son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Smallman of Havelock Street, Darfield, is fighting in...

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...

Soldier – Carby, Eric – Birthday Greetings

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Birthday Greetings We add a further greeting to the one which appears this week in our Greetings Column, to Eric...

Editorial – Root and Branch

21 October 1944
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,...

Landslide at Darfield

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times, March 10, 1933 Landslide at Darfield The effects of the collapse of a wall behind house property at Darfield this week, believed to...

Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace

14 October 1944
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...

Soldier – Steer, Herbert – Hopes To Be Signaller

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 Hopes To Be Signaller Herbert Steer (18 ½), son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Steer, Garden Street, Darfield, has joined...

Editorial – A Winter Campaign?

7 October 1944
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...

Local Rulers – Councillor Foulstone

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times March 10, 1933

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...

Privations of Miss Randerson

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times March 10, 1933 Personal. Miss Cicely Randerson, the story of whose privations during the great blizzard was told in last week’s issue, is...

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...

Soldier – Belby, Harry – Darfielder In Italy

September 1944
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

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...

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...

Wedding – Land & Ashwood

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Wedding – Land & Ashwood On Saturday, at Darfield Parish Church, the marriage took place of Pilot Officer Eric Ashwood,...

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...

A Night Out – Wombwell and Darfield Men in Trouble

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 A Night Out Wombwell and Darfield Men in Trouble Charged with stealing a quantity of apples worth 1s 3d., belonging to...

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 – 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...