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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...
Soldier – Beachill, James – In The Guards
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 7, 1940
In The Guards
Guardsman James Beachill (21) is the only son of Mrs Beachill, of 40 Aldham...
Editorial – The Naval Deal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 September 1940
The Naval Deal
The Naval deal with America is the first clear sign of the turn...
Editorial – “Bloody But Unbowed”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 September 1940
"Bloody But Unbowed"
In spite of its hideous sadism, the murderous assault on London, described as...
Editorial – Hard Pounding.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 September 1940
Hard Pounding.
"Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let us see who can pound the 'hardest." These words, attributed...