1939 Quarter 4
Editorial – Adolf Strafe England
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939
Adolf Strafe England
The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of the...
Two Golden Weddings – Mr and Mrs Royston & Mr and Mrs Shreeve
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939
Two Golden Weddings - Mr and Mrs Royston & Mr and Mrs Shreeve
Two old and esteemed Darfield couples,...
Won Silver Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 11, 1939
Won Silver Medal
Albert Adams (17) youngest son of Mr and Mrs W Adams of Railway Cottages, Darfield, last...
Wedding – O’Keefe & Pearson Roebuck
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939
The Darfield bell-ringers rang a peal from the Parish Church tower on Saturday, when the marriage...
What is At Stake – Darfield Rector Outlines Our Present Cause
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday, November 18, 1939
What is At Stake
Darfield Rector Outlines Our Present Cause
Remembrance Day is observed with great fervour...
A Link With Home – “Times” Editorial
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 November 1939
A Link With Home
By a coincidence the following letter from Signalman A. Ratchus, who is serving...
Sailor – Pascoe, Arthur – Likes Navy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939
Darfielder Likes Navy
A grand story of adventure at sea it would be if Able Seaman Arthur...
Soldier – Bowden, William – Darfield Reservist
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939
Darfield Reservist
Private Thomas William Bowden, a popular Darfield youth, has been "somewhere abroad" since the end...
Soldier – Cox, Walter – Gift From Princess Royal
Mexborough & Swinton Times Saturday 25 November 1939
From Princess Royal
A Darfield youth is the proud possessor of a gold wristlet watch, which was presented...
Soldier – Nicholls, Clifford – Darfielder Enjoying Life ‘
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939
Darfielder Enjoying Life '
In our picture gallery of local lads with His Majesty's Forces this week, we give...