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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 – Sheffield Smitten

March 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 December 1940 Sheffield Smitten Sheffield has now experienced the full fury of a Nazi mass raid and has...

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...