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Editorial – Which Nobody Can Deny .

13 September 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 September 1941 Which Nobody Can Deny  Churchill does his best to alloy our gaiety with grimness, but "cheerfulness will...

Marconigrams – October 4th, 1941

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Marconigrams Mexborough Secondary School is to be known in future as Mexborough Grammar School. The annual gathering of...

Airman – Tate, Ronald – His First Flight

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1941 When Ronald Tate, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Tate, of 50, Wath Road,...

Intrepid Legless Pilot (video)

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Intrepid Legless Pilot Daring Bids for Freedom After two daring attempts to escape, Wing-Commander Douglas Bader...

Editorial – Good News

4 October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Good News Mr. Churchill is finding it increasingly difficult to conceal good news from us. In...

Marconigrams – November 1st, 1941

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Marconigrams An interim dividend of 2 per cent., as compared with 2 ½  per cent. last year,...

Editorial – Hitler v Roosevelt

1 November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Hitler v Roosevelt President Roosevelt's Navy Day speech was a declaration of undeclared war "The shooting has started,"...

Editorial – Expert Thuggery at Pearl Harbour (video)

13 December 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 December 1941 Expert Thuggery at Pearl Harbour To parody the familiar advertisement we thought the Hun was black until...

Wedding – King & Anderson

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 Miss Nora King, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. King, 61, Brookfield Avenue, Swinton, was married...

Diary of 1941 – Some Notable Dates

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 January 2—Death Mr. Spencer Baker for 16 years Clerk to Conisbrough Council 17—Farewell presentation to the Rev. B. Russell,...