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Soldier – Tarmey, Austin – Military Medallist

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Military Medallist The courage of a Goldthorpe soldier has been acknowledged by the award of the Military Medal to Sgt....

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...

Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

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...

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...