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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...

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,...

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...

Editorial – Down But Not Out

12 August 1944
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...

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 – 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...

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,...

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...

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 – 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...