1939 Quarter 4
Soldier – Haigh, James – Ten Years’ Service
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939
Ten Years' Service
Mr. James Haigh, 28 years' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Haigh, 10,...
Soldier – Haigh, Harry – Another “King’s Soldier”
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 30 , 1939
Another "King's Soldier"
Pte. Harry Haigh. aged 27. youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haigh....
Soldiers – Mason Brothers – Links With 1914
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939
Links With 1914
"Somewhere in France" are Sergeant Leslie and Bombardier Laurie Mason (or to give them...
Editorial – “I Would” and “I Dare Not”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 November 1939
"I Would" and "I Dare Not"
Still, like the cat i' the adage would" waits upon...
Editorial – A Cry From No Man’s Land
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939
A Cry From No Man's Land
The offer of the King of the Belgians and the...
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 – The Rigour of the Game
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939
The Rigour of the Game
The position of European neutrals is becoming increasingly uncomfortable. For our...
Breakfast with Bishop – Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939
Breakfast with Bishop
Wath Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter
The clergy of the Rural Deanery or Wath-on-Dearne extended...
Messrs Blake’s Staff Dance
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 9, 1939
Some of the revellers at Messrs Blake’s Staff Dance at the Empress Ballroom last Thursday
Harder Then Than Now – Mexboro’ Mineworker Looks Back
South Yorkshire Times December 10, 1949
Harder Then Than Now
Mexboro' Mineworker Looks Back
After over 50 years as a pit-bottom hand at Manvers Main Colliery, Mr....