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Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944
Japan’s Turn
Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...
Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace
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 – Russian Recoil
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944
Russian Recoil
It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...
Editorial – Into the New Year
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944
Into the New Year
As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...
Editorial – Hammer And Sickle
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944
Hammer And Sickle
Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...
Editorial – Down But Not Out
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944
Down But Not Out
It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...
Youth Queen
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
Youth Queen
Miss Edna Wilkes was selected as Darfield Youth Queen at a competition held on Friday at the Council...
Editorial – Pontine Portent
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944
Pontine Portent
After Dieppe and Salerno the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...
Soldier – Boyce, William – After Six Years
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
After Six Years
After six years separation, Mr. W. Boyce of North Street Darfield, was able to visit William Boyce,...
Veteran Colliers Show The Way – Dearne Valley Group’s High Output
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943
Veteran Colliers Show The Way
Dearne Valley Group’s High Output
Left to right: F. Turner (60), J. Conyers (63), J. H....
Editorial – Four Years of War
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
Four Years of War
Looking back across four years of war, as we do to-day, we cannot help but...
Editorial – A Well Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
A Well Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...
Editorial – Hard Pounding
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944
Hard Pounding
General Eisenhower, like Wellington at Waterloo, is seeing who can pound longer. It is a test of many...
Editorial – Well Begun
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943
Well Begun
The Second Front, about which so much has been said and written, particularly since Mr. Churchill...
Soldier Sisters – Bradley Sisters – A.T.S. Sisters Together.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...