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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...

Editorial – The Science of War

7 December 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 December 1940 The Science of War The Germans have made an angry protest against the publication in Switzerland...

Editorial – Sheffield Smitten

21 December 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 December 1940 Sheffield Smitten Sheffield has now experienced the full fury of a Nazi mass raid and has...

Editorial – Mr Churchill’s Broadcast to the Italian People (video)

28 December 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 December 1940  Mr Churchill's Broadcast to the Italian People Mr Churchill's broadcast to the Italian people was a magnificent...

Wedding – Andrews & Wainwright

January 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 January 1941  Mr. G. Wainwright (Darfield) and Miss E. Andrews (Great Houghton). The marriage took place at Great Houghton...

Promotion for Darfield Man

January 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 January 1941 Promotion for Darfield Man Mr William Edwin Buckley of Oak Lea, 3, Saltersbrook Darfield, who for a...

Milestones of 1940 – A Diary of the Year

January 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 January 1941 Milestones of 1940 A Diary of the Year January. 5—Death of Mr. George Kilner, for 17 years managing director...

New Headmaster – Darfield Man’s South Elmsall Post

January 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 January 1941 New Headmaster Darfield Man's South Elmsall Post Mr. George A. Pearson, headmaster of Silkstone Council School, has...

War Weapons Week – Plans Taking Shape

January 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 January 1941 Plans Taking Shape Preparations for Big United Effort Plans are beginning to take shape for a...