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Soldiers – Otley, Richard & Margaret Jane – Brother and Sister With Forces

October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28, 1939 Brother and Sister With Forces Mexborough Record   Brother and sister of a Mexborough family, Richard Otley, only son, and Margaret...

Editorial – Pistol Point Peace

7 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 October 1939 Pistol Point Peace These are early days to be talking of war aims although we are...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than the...

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...