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Soldiers – Ashton Brothers – Brothers Meet in Italy

April 1944
South Yorkshire Times, April 22nd, 1944 Brothers Meet in Italy Driver Ashton (23) and Pte. Kenneth Ashton (26), second and youngest sons of the late Mr....

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...

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...

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...

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 – Ellis & Williams

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 27th, 1944 Marriage: Ellis and Williams The marriage was solemnised at Wath Parish church on Saturday of Miss Kathleen May Ellis, eldest...

Wedding – Jackson & Elliott

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 20th, 1944 Weddings The marriage of Miss Frances Jackson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Jackson, of 6, Harlington Road, Mexborough...

Wedding – Toomey & Millthorpe

May 1944
South Yorkshire Times, May 6th, 1944 Toomey & Millthorpe R.S.M. Albert Millthorpe, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Millthorpe, 55, Cowper Road, Mexborough and Miss...

Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

May 1944
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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...