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Editorial – Grey Goebbels
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”
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!
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 December 1939
Alas, Poor Ghost!
The intervention of the League of Nations in the Russo-Finnish dispute came as...
Editorial – Queens Speech and Churchill’s Review (videos)
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 18, 1939
The Gentle Queen
The Queen's broadcast to the women of the Empire was one of the war's loveliest interludes....
Editorial – Recipe for a Happy Christmas
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939
Recipe for a Happy Christmas
Twenty-two years have rolled by and again we face a war...
Editorial – This Year of Fate
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939
This Year of Fate
And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...
Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck” – Nine Hurt In Road Smash
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1940
Nine Hurt In Road Smash
Two Buses Involved
Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck”
Road Blocked For Hours
A View of The Damaged...
Owl Crosses Atlantic – But Gets Bunkered at Liverpool
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940
Owl Crosses Atlantic
But Gets Bunkered at Liverpool
Sent by Wombwell Man
A bird known as a snowy owl—one of the...
Wombwell Veteran’s “Hat Trick” Ambition – Wants To Join Up
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940
Wombwell Veteran's "Hat Trick" Ambition
Wants To Join Up
A veteran of two wars, Mr. Fred Markham, of 96, Station...
Wedding – Beech & Sprunt
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940
Miss Joan Mary Beech, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beech, "Linwood”, Station Street, Swinton, was...