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Editorial – Balkan Rot (video)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 March 1941
Balkan Rot
Bulgaria has followed Rumania under the Axis umbrella. Once again Hitler has been able...
Editorial – Hat in the Ring (videos)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 March 1941
Hat in the Ring
The American legislature has passed the Lease and Lend Bill, which is being...
Editorial – ” A Draught of Life “
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 March 1941
" A Draught of Life "
Mr. Churchill has described, in one of his imperishable phrases,...
Editorial – Yugoslavia Finds Her Soul
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 March 1941
Yugoslavia Finds Her Soul
The Balkan Broth begins to bubble with a vengeance! From the tangle of...
Wedding – Carless & Coupe
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 April 1941
Sergeant H Coupe (Oldham) and Miss M Carless (Great Houghton)
who were married at Darfield Parish Church...
Marconigrams – April 5th 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 April 1941
Marconigrams
A biography of Lord Halifax by Stuart Hodgson was published on Wednesday.
The institution of Archdeacon...
Soldier – Lister, Robert – Killed In Action – Great Houghton War Victim
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 April 1941
Killed In Action
Great Houghton War Victim
News reached the parents of Robert Lister, of 20, Manor Terrace,...
Soldier – Morris, William – Grew 3 ½ Inches
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 April 1941
Grew 3 ½ Inches
William Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Morris. Dearne Street, Great Houghton,...
Soldier – Sixsmith, Richard – Passed Birthplace
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 April 1941
Passed Birthplace
Richard Sixsmith, who drives a Bren gun carrier in the K.0.Y.L.I., celebrated his "coming of...
Editorial – Shattering Blows – Battle of Cape Matapan (videos)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 April 1941
Shattering Blows
Italy has been given one more reminder of the terrifying power of the Royal...