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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...

Editorial – Twice Taught Lesson

18 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times 18 November 1944 Twice Taught Lesson Royal Air Force Lancasters intervened dramatically in the inconclusive Battleships versus Bombs debate this week. The sinking...

Editorial – Hard Pounding

25 November 1944
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 – A Well-Kept Watch

2 December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 2 December 1944 A Well-Kept Watch On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk evacuation,...

Editorial – Greece in Travail

16 December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944 Greece in Travail There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...

American Visitors

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times, January 1947 American Visitors American visitors This picture was taken just before the trio of visitors left America for a visit to Darfield. Pictured are...

Darfield Main Celebrates Nationalisation

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times January 18 1947 The old men of Darfield Main were entertained in the Parish Hall, Wombwell on Friday in celebration of nationalisation....

Roman Relics at Darfield – Workmen’s Lucky Strike

January 1947
South Yorkshire Times, January 18, 1947 Roman Relics at Darfield 450 Silver Pieces in Earthenware Urn Workmen’s Lucky Strike 1800 Years Old Cache On Unearthed James Fowler (20) bricklayer,...

Roman Relics at Darfield – Workmen’s Lucky Strike (pictures)

January 1947
With Mr Gray looking, Mr J Baggaley, subjects the find to expert scrutiny. Urn and coins are on the table Mr C Grey, shows Mr Baggaley...