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Editorial – A Well Kept Watch

December 1918
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...

Wedding – South & Oliver

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 A group taken after the wedding reported in our last issue of Marine T. Oliver (Goldthorpe) and Miss D....

Mr & Mrs Critchley – Golden Wedding.

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Critchley, 13,Green Gate Close, Bolton, celebrated their golden wedding on Monday. Both are natives of...

Airman – Coates, Ronald – Pilot’s D.F.C. – Former Colliery Fitter

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 Goldthorpe Pilot’s D.F.C. Former Colliery Fitter A Goldthorpe airman who has completed 40 operational flights as the pilot of a Stirling...

Roll of Honour Plaque

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 A picture taken during the unveiling of a Roll of Honour Plaque at Goldthorpe Junior Boys’ School in honour...

Soldier – Ryan, Frank Clifford – Given Discharge

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Gnr. F. C. Ryan Here is a picture of Gnr. Frank Clifford Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan...

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...

Soldier – Hydes, Walter – In Japanese Camp

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 In Japanese Camp L/Bdr. Walter Hydes (26), son of Mrs. and  the late Mr, W. E. Hydes, 32,...

Soldiers – Johnson Brothers – Brothers Prisoners Together.

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Brothers Prisoners Together. The words, “Ernest and I are quite fit and well. Conditions are very good, and...

Editorial – Well Begun

17 July 1943
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...

Marconigrams – July 17th, 1943

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Marconigrams More than 100,000 road passenger transport workers in England and Wales will benefit by an agreement...

Soldier – Johnson T. – Prisoner In Borneo

March 1943
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943 Prisoner In Borneo T. Johnson, son of Mr. D. Johnson and the late Mrs. Johnson, of 73 Main Street, Goldthorpe,...

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...

Parkin Cup Winner

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Parkin Cup Winner G. Bates a Barnburgh Bevin boy, who, as reported in our last issue, won the Parkin Cup...

Cadet Week at Swinton – Over £50 Already Raised

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...

Goldthorpe’s “Victory Queen”

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 Pearl Yates, who last week-end was chosen as Goldthorpe’s “Victory Queen,” in anticipation of local victory celebrations.  She is...

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...

Cut Shin in Pig Sty – Goldthorpe Man’s Death

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Cut Shin in Pig Sty Goldthorpe Man’s Death A cut made on his sin by a piece of tin plate fastened...

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,...

Dearne District Agricultral  Society

September 1970
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970 Dearne District Agricultral  Society Jayne Smith and Dawn Lowe, of Thurnscoe, following events with the aid of a programme at...

Children in Danger

September 1970
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970 Children in Danger In the Goldthorpe area during July there were three accidents compared with 10 in the same month...

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...

Wedding – Costelow & Hirst

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944 The wedding took place at St. Margaret’s Church, Swinton, on Tuesday of Miss Marion Costelow, only daughter of Mr....

Y.M.A. to Call Strike Failing Satisfaction – “Saturday Afternoon” Dispute

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944 Yorkshire Coalfield Council “Saturday Afternoon” Dispute Y.M.A. to Call Strike Failing Satisfaction The Council of the Yorkshire Miners’ Association, at an emergency...

Marconigrams – October 7th, 1944

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 Marconigrams Final returns show that the schools of the country which set themselves a £10,000,00 Salute the Solider target, raised...