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Editorial – Alas for France – The Bombing Begins

22 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1940 Alas For France Our unhappy Ally has been struck down at our side and we fight on—alone.  Yet not...

Editorial – Pawned By Petain

29 June 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 June 1940 Pawned By Petain Mr. Churchill has said sufficient to indicate that the French capitulation, if not a...

Editorial – Total Defence (audio)

20 July 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 20 July 1940 Total Defence In spite of the magnanimity of Mr. Churchill's attitude to the traitors of Vichy,...

Fifty Years as Warden – Wombwell Church Work – Mr A.H. Tabor

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Mr A.H. Tabor Fifty Years as Warden Wombwell Church Work Mr. Albert Tabor (90), 61, Littlefield Lane, Wombwell, for...

Soldiers – Lines Family – Scouters All

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Scouters All A well-known member of a Wombwell family of scouters, James William Lines (25), (picture) son...

Editorial – Blitzkrieg or Attrition ?

3 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Blitzkrieg or Attrition ? "Behold," says Hitler," I show you a mystery. I shall destroy an Empire...

Editorial – Factors in the Fight

10 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 August 1940 Factors in the Fight The "threatenings and slaughter ", breathed backward and forward across the North...

Editorial – Britain’s Battle Begins

17 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 August 1940 Britain's Battle Begins The battle for local air supremacy," an essential preliminary to any" serious attempt...

Editorial – The Spell is Broken

24 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 August 1940 The Spell is Broken An important consequence of the brilliant defence against which the air Blitzkrieg...

Editorial – The First Year of Armageddon

31 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940 The First Year of Armageddon And so we come to the end of the first terrible...