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Editorial – Recipe for a Happy Christmas

23 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Recipe for a Happy Christmas Twenty-two years have rolled by and again we face a war...

Editorial – This Year of Fate

30 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939 This Year of Fate And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...

Obituary – Mr. Theophilus Gough

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1940 Obituary - Mr. Theophilus Gough A well-known Swintonian, noted for his activities in connection with Mexborough Montagu Hospital and...

Wedding – Beech & Sprunt

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940 Miss Joan Mary Beech, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beech, "Linwood”, Station Street, Swinton, was...

Wedding – Norton & Massey

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940 The marriage of Miss Lily Norton. younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Norton, of 41, Queen...

Cinema – Roxy – Tarzan’s Revenge

January 1940
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Both To Blame – Cars Collide In Black-Out Incident

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 Both To Blame Cars Collide In Black-Out Incident Near Mexborough A Swinton contractor and a soldier who were driving cars...

Nazi Air Force’s Busy Day – Planes Over British Coast

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Nazi Air Force's Busy Day             Planes Over British Coast Soon Driven Off : No Bombs Dropped Italian Volunteers...

Sailor – Viccars, Stanley – A Swinton Seaman

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 A Swinton Seaman A.B. Seaman Stanley Viccars, aged 22, a seaman gunner, only son of Mr. and...

Soldier – Kime F.R.– On Leave

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 0n Leave. Driver F.R. Kime, of Queen Street, Swinton left on Wednesday night to return to France after spending...