1939
Potato Theft
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939
Potato Theft
At Rotherham West Riding Court on Monday, Samuel Bradford (27), miner, of Kilnhurst,was fined 20s....
Barlow at Barnsley
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939
There was an interesting tit-bit for the Oakwell crowd on Tuesday in that Barlow. the Kilnhurst...
Soldier – Bacon, Douglas – Swinton Territorial
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939
Swinton Territorial
Gunner Douglas Bacon, aged 22, son of Mrs. Bacon and the late Mr. Bacon, of Market...
Soldier – Malpass, Wilfred – Serving in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1939
Gunner Wilfred Malpass, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Malpass, of 11. Warren Vale Road. Swinton is serving...
Editorial – Grey Goebbels
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939
Grey Goebbels
Dr. Goebbels, speaking at a "Strength Through Joy" concert, spoke of the "fresh sorrows that...
Editorial – “Guilty, But Insane”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1939
"Guilty, But Insane"
The Bolshevik invasion of Finland is a turning-point in the war and in...
Editorial – Alas, Poor Ghost!
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 December 1939
Alas, Poor Ghost!
The intervention of the League of Nations in the Russo-Finnish dispute came as...
Editorial – Recipe for a Happy Christmas
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939
This Year of Fate
And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...