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Fifty Years On – Wombwell Couple’s Golden Wedding

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 Fifty Years On Wombwell Couple's Golden Wedding A year ago, a Wombwell couple received a telegram congratulating...

Wedding – O’Keefe & Pearson Roebuck

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 The Darfield bell-ringers rang a peal from the Parish Church tower on Saturday, when the marriage...

Colliery Dispute

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 25, 1939 Colliery Dispute A dispute over what is known as "walking time" caused a 36 hours' stoppage at Houghton Main...

What is At Stake –  Darfield Rector Outlines Our Present Cause

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday, November 18, 1939 What is At Stake  Darfield Rector Outlines Our Present Cause Remembrance Day is observed with great fervour...

Empty House Gutted – Great Houghton Miners’ “Loot “

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Empty House Gutted Great Houghton Miners’ “Loot " The discovery that an unoccupied house had been gutted as a result...

A Link With Home – “Times” Editorial

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939 A Link With Home By a coincidence the following letter from Signalman A. Ratchus, who is serving...

Soldier – Whitehouse, Thomas Henry – Ex-Darfield Postman

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 Ex-Darfield Postman Mr, Thomas Henry Whitehouse (26): only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Whitehouse, of East...

Soldiers – Hodgson Brothers – Signallers All

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 Signallers All Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harland Hodgson, of 7, Edward Street, Darfield are serving...

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...