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Editorial – The Tempo Quickens

21 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 October 1939 The Tempo Quickens The tempo of the war quickens by land, sea, and air. The Germans in...

Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front...

Marconigrams – October 28th, 1939

38 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Marconigrams  The Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt. Rev. Leslie Stannard Hunter, was received by the King on Tuesday. The...

Successful Angler Turned Successful Gardener

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Successful Angler Turned Successful Gardener Mr. W. N. Jackson, of Milton Roads Mexborough, with some of the gardening trophies...

Wedding – Shaw & Border

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Scouting colleagues of the bridegroom form a triumphal arch. At Mexborough Parish Church on Saturday, the wedding took place...

Wedding – Hewitt & Richardson

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939 At Mexborough Parish Church on Saturday the wedding took place of Miss Phyllis Hewitt, daughter of Mrs and...

Cinema – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – The Three Musketeers (video)

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 From YouTube:

Mexborough Show Winner

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939 Mr W. Mason with his prize-winning chrysanthemum which was adjudged the best bloom in the Mexborough Show last...

Soldier – Overend, Joseph – In Memorium

November 1939
November 15th 1939 CWCG Private| Joseph Overend Service Number 4436767 Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died November 15th 1939 aged 40 years Buried at Mexborough Cemetery Sec. B. Cons....