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Soldier – Nicholls, Clifford – Little but Game

October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28, 1939 Little but Game Claimed to be one of the smallest soldiers serving in HM forces, private Clifford Nicholls, son...

Editorial – Pistol Point Peace

7 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 October 1939 Pistol Point Peace These are early days to be talking of war aims although we are...

Editorial – The Monomaniac

14 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 October 1939 The Monomaniac Hitler has got his answer. The worst he can do is more tolerable than...

Editorial – The Tempo Quickens

21 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 October 1939 The Tempo Quickens The tempo of the war quickens by land, sea, and air. The Germans in...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front...

Two Golden Weddings – Mr and Mrs Royston & Mr and Mrs Shreeve

November 1939
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

November 1939
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

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...

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...

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...