1940
Missing Woman Found – Search Ends at Bawtry – Mystery of Widow’s Injuries
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
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
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.
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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...