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Caught Red-Handed – Gun-Stealing at Darfield
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940
Caught Red-Handed
Gun-Stealing at Darfield
For stealing a shot gun and a Winchester rifle three haulage...
Nazi Air Force’s Busy Day – Planes Over British Coast
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940
Nazi Air Force's Busy Day
Planes Over British Coast
Soon Driven Off : No Bombs Dropped
Italian Volunteers...
Soldier – Chadwick, Harry – Darfield Man Entertains.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940
Darfield Man Entertains.
Are the troops downhearted?—No! At least not when Private Harry Chadwick, of Darfield,...
Editorial – Frozen War
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940
Frozen War
Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...
Airman – Strickland, Richard – Chorister Airman
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940
Chorister Airman
Richard Strickland (19) when over on leave likes to sing in Darfield Church Choir, where...
Navy – Marley, Robert – Farm to Navy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 February 1940
Farm to Navy
From farm to Navy has been the record of Robert Marley, son of Mr....
Sailor – Griffiths, Fred – Taken For A Spy!
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940
Taken For A Spy!
From a brother of Fred Griffiths, of Havelock Street, Darfield, comes interesting news...
Sailor – Dronfield H. – Leave After Three Years
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 February 1940
Leave After Three Years
Recently Stoker H. Dronfield pleasantly surprised his young wife whom he had not...
Soldier – Gillis, John James – Soon Promoted
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 February 1940
Soon Promoted
Within a few weeks of enlisting, John James Gillis of Snape Hill, Darfield, was promoted...
Editorial – The Nelson Touch (video)
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 February 1940
The Nelson Touch
The latest exploit of the British Navy rounds off the story of the...