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Sequel to Houghton Pit Stoppage – Summonses Adjourned

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 16, 1939 Sequel to Houghton Pit Stoppage Summonses Adjourned Summonses alleging breach of contract against Joseph Smith, of Dar-field, and 47 others,...

Sailor – Ward, Arthur – Stoker in Foreign Waters

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 A Great Houghton lad who is enjoying his job as a stoker is Arthur Ward, of 10,...

Soldier – Hill, John – Councillor Off To War

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Councillor Off To War Coun. John Hill, one of Darfield's youngest councillors, is somewhere abroad. He was a...

Soldier & Airman – Wilks Brothers – Darfield Brothers

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Darfield Brothers Two brothers, Thomas and John Wilks, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilks, of Barnsley Road,...

Editorial – Grey Goebbels

2 December 1939
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”

9 December 1939
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!

16 December 1939
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

23 December 1939
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

30 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939 This Year of Fate And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...