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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...