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Editorial – Which Nobody Can Deny .

13 September 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 September 1941 Which Nobody Can Deny  Churchill does his best to alloy our gaiety with grimness, but "cheerfulness will...

Editorial – Still Taking It

18 September 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1941 Still Taking It We must now be within hours of an answer to two tremendous questions. Can...

Wedding – Harrison & Law

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Miss Edith Harrison, of Church Street, Swinton, and Private Robert Law, Kings Cross, London, formerly of Mexborough, who...

Wedding – Wright & Daykin

October 1941
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 18, 1941 Sapper Eric Daykin, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Daykin, of 49, Crossland Street, Swinton, was married...

Marconigrams – October 4th, 1941

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Marconigrams Mexborough Secondary School is to be known in future as Mexborough Grammar School. The annual gathering of...

Intrepid Legless Pilot (video)

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Intrepid Legless Pilot Daring Bids for Freedom After two daring attempts to escape, Wing-Commander Douglas Bader...

Soldier – Stocks, John William – D.C.M.

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1941 Soldier's D.C.M. “One of the most thrilling episodes of my life " is how Mrs. J. W....

Editorial – Good News

4 October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Good News Mr. Churchill is finding it increasingly difficult to conceal good news from us. In...

Wedding – Ainley & Riou – Married In London

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Married In London Miss Mary Ainley, only daughter of Mr. Ainley and the late Mrs. Ainley,...

Marconigrams – November 1st, 1941

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Hitler v Roosevelt President Roosevelt's Navy Day speech was a declaration of undeclared war "The shooting has started,"...