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1939 Quarter 4

Editorial – Pistol Point Peace

7 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 October 1939 Pistol Point Peace These are early days to be talking of war aims although we are...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than the...

Editorial – The Tempo Quickens

21 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 October 1939 The Tempo Quickens The tempo of the war quickens by land, sea, and air. The Germans in...

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...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of the...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1939

38 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Marconigrams  The Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt. Rev. Leslie Stannard Hunter, was received by the King on Tuesday. The...

Liquor Bar on Wombwell Man

November 1939
Leeds Mercury November 14, 1939 Liquor Bar on Wombwell Man William H Eyre (37) a miner of Edward St, Wombwell was bound over for two years...

Fifty Years On – Wombwell Couple’s Golden Wedding

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 Fifty Years On Wombwell Couple's Golden Wedding A year ago, a Wombwell couple received a telegram congratulating...

Pit Tragedy

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939 Pit Tragedy Samuel Evans, (59) miner, 11 Bond St, Wombwell, collapsed and died in the Billingley district of the...