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Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Jackson

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 27th, 1944 Golden Wedding Fifty years happily married, 53 years down a coal mine and only a week’s illness in 78 years,...

Marconigrams – May 20th, 1944

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 20th, 1944 Marconigrams Eighteen defendants from Wombwell, Blacker Hill, Darfield and Great Houghton were fined 7s 6d each at Barnsley on Monday...

Editorial – In Good Hands

20 May 1944
 South Yorkshire Times, May 20th, 1944 In Good Hands After a general lull in active land operations, fighting has again broken out in Italy.  This time...

Soldier – Clatworthy J. – Believed Killed

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 13th, 1944 Believed Killed Guardsman J. Clatworthy of the Coldstream Guards, whose home address is 55, Frederick St., Goldthorpe, was reported missing...

Editorial – Labour at Loggerheads

13 May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 13th, 1944 Labour at Loggerheads The Labour Party could hardly have chosen a less appropriate time to stage a political squabble. Mr....

Soldier – Edwards, Kenneth – In Middle East

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 10, 1943 In Middle East We reproduce here a picture of Spr. Kenneth Edwards, son of Mr and Mrs G. Edwards of...

Editorial – Neutrality

6 May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 6th, 1944 Neutrality Neutrality is not an absolute state. It has infinite variety.  The war has gone on long enough to demonstrate...

Marconigrams – May 06th, 1944

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 6th, 1944 Marconigrams Sgt. John Chalmers, R.A.F., of Low Valley has been awarded the D.F.M. for his part in bringing safely...

Ambulance Success – “Specials” Shine

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 6th, 1944 Ambulance Success Goldthorpe And Thurnscoe “Specials” Shine Thurnscoe and Goldthorpe Special Constables were members of the Doncaster Divisional team, winners...

Wedding – Merrill & Hocking

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 6th, 1944 Wedding: Merrill and Hocking The marriage was solemnised at Goldthorpe Paish Church on Saturday of Miss Joyce Merrill, eldest daughter...

Editorial – Finance and the Future

29 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times April 29th 1944 Finance and the Future Sir John Anderson's Budget withheld the last straw. Our national economy is now so finely adjusted...

Editorial – Waiting for the Zero Hour

1 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times April 01st 1944 Waiting for the Zero Hour Waiting for zero hour is always apt to be a trying experience. It tests the...

Montagu Hospital Presentation – Ladies’ Committee Secretary Honoured

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 29th, 1944 Montagu Hospital Presentation Ladies' Committee Secretary Honoured Mrs. Squires (third from right, front row) with members of the Ladies’ Committee after...

Marconigrams – April 29th, 1944

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 29th, 1944 Marconigrams Major Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel, welcoming in the House of Commons on Friday the new agreement on mineworkers’...

Sailor – Oliver, Tom – Service Snaps

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Service Snaps Marine Tom Oliver (19), third son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver of 45, Homecroft Road, Goldthorpe, has been...

Soldier – Phelps, Alexandre – Service Snaps

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Service Snaps Driver Alexandre Phelps, who is 20 on April 4th, is the son of Mrs. E. Phelps, of 9,...

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – April 22, 1944

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday Phyllis Thompson, 44, Arnold Crescent, Meborough, elbow injury. Thursday Leslie King, 44, Church Street, Swinton, elbow...

South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 8th, 1944 South Yorkshire Coal Strike Majority of Miners Still Out Despite a resumption of work at some pits the strike in the...

Wedding – Walker & Creighton

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 8th, 1944 Surgeon Lieutenant G. B. Creighton (Swinton) and Miss J. M. Walker (Goldthorpe) Surgeon Lieutenant Godfrey Creighton R.N.V.R. only son of...

Editorial – Shadow and Substance

22 April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Shadow and Substance Surely no campaign in the history of warfare has ever been so well advertised as the Second...

Goldthorpe’s “Darby And Joan” – Celebrate Diamond Wedding

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 3, 1943 Goldthorpe’s “Darby And Joan” Celebrate Diamond Wedding Goldthorpe’s Darby and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. William Shepherd, who live in the old...

Murdered Girl’s Father – Warned About Attitude to Police

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 3, 1943 Murdered Girl’s Father Warned About Attitude to Police The father of the girl who was recently found murdered at Goldthorpe, George...

Chaos in the Coalfield

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, April 1st, 1944 Chaos in the Coalfield Far from there being any improvement in the coal situation in South Yorkshire the position...

Thurnscoe Woman Teacher – Not Guilty on Stealing Charges

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944 Thurnscoe Woman Teacher Not Guilty on Stealing Charges Ethel Pilmer, 56, teacher of Thurnscoe, was found not guilty at the Leeds...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 1st, 1944 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday Dennis Dalton (17), 29 Hartley Street, Mexborough, injured wrist; Jack Green (14), 23, Manor...