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Missing Woman Found – Search Ends at Bawtry – Mystery of Widow’s Injuries

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940 Missing Woman Found Houghton Search Ends at Bawtry Mystery of Widow's Injuries Mrs. Mary G. Parker (64), of Hallcroft, Church Street,...

Thurnscoe Co-operative Guild Anniversary

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times, March 9, 1940 Mr W Kenworthy, a director of the Barnsley Co-operative Society (centre, second row), enjoying the fun with members...

Thurnscoe Co-operative Guild’s 10th Anniversary

March 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1940 Mrs L Wheeler (secretary) lighting the 10 candles on the “birthday” cake recently provided at the Thurnscoe Co-operative...

Councillor Volunteers.

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 March 1940 Councillor Volunteers. Coun. C. K Williams, of Thurnscoe, has bidden his friends "Goodbye" and gone to...

Editorial – The Final Infamy (video)

13 April 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 April 1940 The Final Infamy The lightning invasion of Norway and Denmark may well be the final infamy...

Editorial – The Storm Bursts

18 May 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 May 1940 The Storm Bursts Calamity mounts as victims of Nazi aggression multiply. Holland is the latest and...

Editorial – Our Refuge and Strength

25 May 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 May 1940 Our Refuge and Strength The King's call to prayer comes at a grave moment not only...

Editorial – Base Betrayal – Dunkirk – Invasion

1 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1940 Base Betrayal So far the war has brought little but shocks and surprises. The latest and greatest is...

Editorial – Dunkirk Evacuation – De Novo

8 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 8, 1940 De Novo Our immense thankfulness for the substantial rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Flanders mercifully clouded...

Editorial – Spirit of France is Unconquerable

15 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1940 France's Agony The agony of the crucial battle continues. Hitler has made his supreme bid, and France has...