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Editorial – Keep Far Our Foes

October 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 October 1940 Keep Far Our Foes Mr. Churchill is the right type of leader for a nation "suckled...

Editorial – The Brigands’ Club.

5 October 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 October 1940 The Brigands' Club. The formal adhesion of Japan to the Axis alters nothing if its purpose of...

Editorial – War Aim No. 1

19 October 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 October 1940 War Aim No. 1 Answering the fools according to their folly Mr. Churchill informed certain questioners...

Editorial – Churchill’s Broadcast to France (Audio)

26 October 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 26 October 1940 Air Mastery Shall These Dry Bones Live? "Any Frenchman who was not stirred by that appeal must...

Soldier – Townsend- , Joseph Richard – Fusilier

November 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 November 1940 Darfield Fusilier. Joseph Richard Townsend has recently been promoted Lance Corporal in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. A native...

Editorial – Greek Tragedy

2 November 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 November 1940 Greek Tragedy The Italian invasion of Egypt has faltered and halted, and Graziani dare not go...

Editorial – A Word and a Blow

9 November 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 November 1940 A Word and a Blow Mr. Churchill's reviews help us to see the war steadily and to...

Editorial – Death of Neville Chamberlain – The Victor of Godesberg

16 November 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 November 1940 Death of Neville Chamberlain - The Victor of Godesberg The "Chamberlain controversy" has been hushed by...

Editorial – The Basest Roman of Them All.

23 November 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 23, 1940 The Basest Roman of Them All. Mussolini's speech in Rome this week can only be accounted for by the...

Editorial – Great Help From Little Greece

30 November 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 30, 1940 Great Help From Little Greece We have been so chastened by experience and habituated to misfortune that we have...