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Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front...

Sailor – Walker, John Arthur – Washed Overboard

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Missing Bolton Naval Stoker Washed Overboard Promising Young Sailor Exactly a month after their son had come home on his...

A Link With Home – “Times” Editorial

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 A Link With Home By a coincidence the following letter from Signalman A. Ratchus, who is serving...

Soldier – Wood, Joseph – An Earlier Rehearsal

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 An Earlier Rehearsal A Bolton-on-Dearne soldier who took part in the Leeds tattoo earlier this year, Mr....

Editorial – “I Would” and “I Dare Not”

4 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 November 1939 "I Would" and "I Dare Not" Still, like the cat i' the adage would" waits upon...

Editorial – A Cry From No Man’s Land

11 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939 A Cry From No Man's Land The offer of the King of the Belgians and the...

Editorial – Queens Speech and Churchill’s Review (videos)

18 November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 18, 1939 The Gentle Queen The Queen's broadcast to the women of the Empire was one of the war's loveliest interludes....

Editorial – The Rigour of the Game

25 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 The Rigour of the Game The position of European neutrals is becoming increasingly uncomfortable. For our...

Breakfast with Bishop – Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939 Breakfast with Bishop Wath Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter The clergy of the Rural Deanery or Wath-on-Dearne extended...

Wedding – Hill & Ward

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 30, 1939 Miss Anne Christiana Hill, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. C. Hill, Welfare View, Goldthorpe, was...