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War Weapons Week – Parades

February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 February 1941 War Weapons Week Parades to Meet Mexboro' and Swinton Combining Getting Down To Details The Mexborough War...

War Weapons Week – Schools – Poster and Slogan Competition

February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 February 1941 War Weapons Week At The Schools Poster and Slogan Competition Something for Children The schools of the...

Soldier – Buffin, Thomas – Likes the Life

February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 February 1941 Likes the Life Gunner Thomas Buffin (30). R.A., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Buffin 3,...

Editorial – The Battle Eve

1 February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 February 1941 The Battle Eve Though wintry weather has slowed down hostilities in the West, disintegration of the...

Editorial – The Twisted Axis

8 February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 February 1941 The Twisted Axis Winter still grips the war here, while the British campaign in Africa becomes...

Editorial – Heartening Words (video)

15 February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 February 1941 Heartening Words As we listened to Mr. Churchill on Sunday night we envied him the luxury...

Editorial – Turkey

22 February 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 February 1941 Turkey If the war has taught us anything, it has taught us that so long as...

Obituary – Mrs Barlow

March 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 March 1941 Obituary – Mrs Barlow The death occurred on February 19th of Mrs. Helena Barlow (67) at her...

Dearne Rate – Thurnscoe Deficit Reduced

March 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 March 1941 Dearne Rate Thurnscoe Deficit Reduced A general rate of 18s. in the pound for the Dearne...

Dearne & District School Posters

March 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 March 1941 Some of the Dearne District posters designed for War Weapons Week