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Editorial – “I Would” and “I Dare Not”

4 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 November 1939 "I Would" and "I Dare Not" Still, like the cat i' the adage would" waits upon...

Editorial – A Cry From No Man’s Land

11 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939 A Cry From No Man's Land The offer of the King of the Belgians and the...

Editorial – Queens Speech and Churchill’s Review (videos)

18 November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 18, 1939 The Gentle Queen The Queen's broadcast to the women of the Empire was one of the war's loveliest interludes....

Editorial – The Rigour of the Game

25 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 The Rigour of the Game The position of European neutrals is becoming increasingly uncomfortable. For our...

Breakfast with Bishop – Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939 Breakfast with Bishop Wath Deanery Welcome for Dr L. S. Hunter The clergy of the Rural Deanery or Wath-on-Dearne extended...

Wedding – Sales & Oliver

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 30 , 1939 The wedding took place at Kilnhurst Parish Church on Sunday of Miss Lilian May Sales, daughter of...

Men’s Unanimous Decision

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939 Men's Unanimous Decision The strike of engineers at the steelworks of Mess's. John Baker and Bessemer...

Churches Join Forces – Nonconformist Amalgamation at Kilnhurst

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 9, 1939 Churches Join Forces Nonconformist Amalgamation at Kilnhurst The amalgamation of Kilnhurst's two nonconformist churches, St. Luke's Wesleyan Church, and the...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Admitted cases:— Monday Aubrey Bullars, 12, 1 Deightonby Street, Thurnscoe, injury...

Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 23 Dec 1939

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Admitted Cases: Sunday: James Nee, Lodging House, Mexborough, multiple fractures, road...