1940
Editorial – Alas for France – The Bombing Begins
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
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)
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
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
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 ?
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
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
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
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940
The First Year of Armageddon
And so we come to the end of the first terrible...