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Soldier – Harrison, Walter – Like Father

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Like Father Lce/Cpl Walter Harrison, second son of Mr. J. W. Harrison, 5, Riley Road, Wath-on-Dearne, worked at...

Soldier – Lord, George – Keen Athlete

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1939 Keen Athlete An old Wathonian abroad is Lce/Cpl George Lord, aged 24, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G....

Soldiers – Grimshaw Family – Another Wath Record

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Another Wath Record We have from time to time, noted Instances of several members of Wath families...

Editorial – Grey Goebbels

2 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939 Grey Goebbels Dr. Goebbels, speaking at a "Strength Through Joy" concert, spoke of the "fresh sorrows that...

Editorial – “Guilty, But Insane”

9 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1939 "Guilty, But Insane" The Bolshevik invasion of Finland is a turning-point in the war and in...

Editorial – Alas, Poor Ghost!

16 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 December 1939 Alas, Poor Ghost! The intervention of the League of Nations in the Russo-Finnish dispute came as...

Editorial – Recipe for a Happy Christmas

23 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Recipe for a Happy Christmas Twenty-two years have rolled by and again we face a war...

Editorial – This Year of Fate

30 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 30 December 1939 This Year of Fate And so draws to its close this year of fate, 1939, in...

Quaker Mausoleum in Newhill Hall

January 1949
South Yorkshire Times January 8 1949 Familiar Landmark to Wathonians is this private mausoleum in the grounds of Newhill Hall, referred to in an accompanying...