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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...

Sailor – Fearons Brothers – Sailor Brothers

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Sailor Brothers Jack and Warneford Fearons sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. Fearons, Barnsley Road, Darfield, both joined the Navy. Jack,...

Marconigrams – August 26th, 1944

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Marconigrams Among the prize-winning animals exhibited at Conisbrough Show on Saturday was a pig weighing 68 stones. Mineworkers at eight collieries...

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...

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...

Soldier – Ogden, Richard – Darfield Man’s Hand Injuries

July 1944
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...

Soldier – Lackey, Eric – Stationed in Scotland.

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Service Snaps Eric Lackey joined the Royal Engineers some two years ago, and is stationed in Scotland. A son of Mr....

Soldiers – Beilby, Harry Thomas – Darfielders Meet Overseas

July 1944
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...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
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

22 July 1944
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

15 July 1944
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...

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

Editorial – Frozen War

6 January 1940
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940 Frozen War Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...