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Cinema – Pavilion – Trouble Brewing

December 1939
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New Manager

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 30, 1939 New Manager Mr. H. J. Butler, former manager of the Pavilion Theatre, Wombwell, is to succeed Mrs. May Martin...

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 23 Dec 1939

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Admitted Cases: Sunday: James Nee, Lodging House, Mexborough, multiple fractures, road...

Lights Left on At Shop – “Plenty of Warnings” Says Magistrate

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939 Limiting Law Breaches Lights Left on At Wombwell Shop "Plenty of Warnings" Says Magistrate A series of lighting prosecutions...

Soldier – Pollitt, William – Ex-Wombwell Scout

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Ex-Wombwell Scout To the noble army of Wombwell Scouts who have joined the Forces has to be added...

Soldier – Scargill A.E. – Got Medals For It

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1939 Got Medals For It Wornbwell's reputation for sport has been carried into the Army by Bombardier A. E. Scargill....

Soldier – Ingram A. – “Miracle” Soldier

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939 "Miracle" Soldier If the British Army can be said to have a "walking miracle" it is Gunner Albert Ingram...

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...