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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
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Augsst 23, 1941 From YouTube:

Home Guard – At Close Quarters with the Bayonet.

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 At Close Quarters with the Bayonet. An example of how Home Guards deal with parachutists  

Marconigrams – August 16th, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Marconigrams Mr. Samuel Elkins, a Jump veteran, has gone back to work at the age of...

Marconigrams – August 23rd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Marconigrams Mr. Winston Churchill will broadcast to the country next Sunday evening. Five people whose ages totalled 392...

Marconigrams – August 2nd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 August 1941 Marconigrams An ambitious sports and gala programme for the Dearne Comforts Fund is being staged to-morrow...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – August 9th, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Patients treated but not detained: Thursday. Wm. Hinds, 10, Chaucer Road, Mexborough,...

Montague Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – August 2nd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 August 1941 Montague Hospital - The Week's Casualty List Thursday. James Randerson, 242, Queen Street, Swinton, injury to arm; Albert...

Swinton Home Guard

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Swinton members of the Home Guard photographed after recent manoeuvers.