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Soldiers – Stocks, Hallford Percy & George Henry – Hello Twins!

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1939 Hello Twins! Born on November 30th, 1918, Hallford Percy Stocks, and George Henry Stocks, twin sons of Mr. and...

Editorial – Grey Goebbels

2 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939 Grey Goebbels Dr. Goebbels, speaking at a "Strength Through Joy" concert, spoke of the "fresh sorrows that...

Editorial – “Guilty, But Insane”

9 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1939 "Guilty, But Insane" The Bolshevik invasion of Finland is a turning-point in the war and in...

Editorial – Alas, Poor Ghost!

16 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 December 1939 Alas, Poor Ghost! The intervention of the League of Nations in the Russo-Finnish dispute came as...

Editorial – Recipe for a Happy Christmas

23 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Recipe for a Happy Christmas Twenty-two years have rolled by and again we face a war...

Editorial – This Year of Fate

30 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939 This Year of Fate And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...