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Soldier – Buxton, Sam – Hopes Realised

July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 July 1941 Hopes Realised A Bolton soldier in the Middle East, Trooper Sam Buxton of Lowfield Road, who was...

Soldiers – Darby, Norman & Douglas – Boltonians Boxing Success

July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 July 1941 Boltonians Boxing Success Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. T., Darby, of 7 The Green, Bolton are...

Editorial – Melee – Titanic Struggle

5 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 July 1941 Melee - Titanic Struggle The titanic struggle between the Germans and the Russians is now nearly a...

Editorial – Catching a Tartar

12 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 July 1941 Catching a Tartar Although the situation the Russian front is still obscure, the wistfulness of the German...

Editorial – Blunted Blitzkrieg

19 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941 Blunted Blitzkrieg With the fourth week of Hitler’s cynical onslaught on Russia nearly spent the campaign takes...

Editorial – Twilight Phase

26 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 26 July 1941 Twilight Phase We appear to have entered a twilight phase of the war. The enemy is quiescent...

Wedding – Wood & Lavrack

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Miss Rita Wood, who is serving with the N.A.A.F.I., youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H....

Dearne District Sports Day – Prize Presentation

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Mrs Hirst presenting prizes at the Dearne District sports day on Saturday.

Dearne District Sports Day – Young Onlookers

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Young onlookers at the Dearne District sports day.

Marconigrams – August 16th, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Marconigrams Mr. Samuel Elkins, a Jump veteran, has gone back to work at the age of...