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Soldiers – Badger, Cyril & Douglas – A/B and A/C

July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 26 July 1941 A/B and A/C Signaller A/B. Cyril Badger and A/C. Douglas Badger, sons of Mr. J. W. Badger,...

Editorial – Melee – Titanic Struggle

5 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 July 1941 Melee - Titanic Struggle The titanic struggle between the Germans and the Russians is now nearly a...

Editorial – Catching a Tartar

12 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 July 1941 Catching a Tartar Although the situation the Russian front is still obscure, the wistfulness of the German...

Editorial – Blunted Blitzkrieg

19 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941 Blunted Blitzkrieg With the fourth week of Hitler’s cynical onslaught on Russia nearly spent the campaign takes...

Editorial – Twilight Phase

26 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 26 July 1941 Twilight Phase We appear to have entered a twilight phase of the war. The enemy is quiescent...

Accident.

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Accident. While walking along Church Street, Swinton, on Tuesday night, Mr. George Liversidge (73), of the...

Examination Success.

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Examination Success. In the recent London University final degree examinations , Mr. Alfred Ardron, youngest son of...

Postmaster’s New Post – Mr H.B. Sparkes Leaving Mexborough

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 August 1941 Postmaster’s New Post Mr H.B. Sparkes Leaving Mexborough Mr H.B. Sparkes, MM., of “Domus” Racecourse Road, Swinton, Postmaster...

Wedding – Barry & Woods

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Mr. J. R. Woods (Swinton), and Miss S. J. Barry (Shipley) Miss Sheila Josephine Barry, youngest daughter...

Cinema – Roxy – Angels over Broadway

August 1941
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