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Editorial – Hard Pounding.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 September 1940
Hard Pounding.
"Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let us see who can pound the 'hardest." These...
Editorial – Reprisal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 September 1940
Reprisal
We may be on the eve of decisive events in the Mediterranean, but the Battle of...
Editorial – Keep Far Our Foes
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.
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 November 1940
Death of Neville Chamberlain - The Victor of Godesberg
The "Chamberlain controversy" has been hushed by...