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Editorial – Blunted Blitzkrieg

19 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941 Blunted Blitzkrieg With the fourth week of Hitler’s cynical onslaught on Russia nearly spent the campaign takes...

Editorial – Twilight Phase

26 July 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 26 July 1941 Twilight Phase We appear to have entered a twilight phase of the war. The enemy is quiescent...

Wedding – Caldwell & Merton

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Mr. H. Merton (Parkgate) and Miss E. Caldwell (Wath), who were married at Wath on Monday

Wedding – Sanderson & Willis

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Mr. H. Willis (Wath ) and Miss P. Sanderson (Thurnscoe) Miss Phoebe Sanderson, only daughter of Mr....

Wedding – Suggit & Blackman

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times, August 2nd 1941 When Miss Celia Leslie Suggit, youngest daughter of the Rev. C. Leslie Suggit, Vicar of Brampton, and Mrs....

Wedding – Taylor & Jones

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Mr W.J. Jones (Bolsover) and Miss E.H. Taylor (Wath) Miss Edith Hilda Taylor, daughter of Mr. and...

Fall of Roof – Mexborough Miner Killed

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Fall of Roof Mexborough Miner Killed A verdict of "Accidental Death " was recorded by the...

Manvers Shot Firing Competition – Winner

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Stephen White (left) winner of the Manvers Main Collieries Shot Firing Competition, photographed at the cleverly...

Shot-Firing Competition – Innovation at Manvers Main

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Shot-Firing Competition Innovation at Manvers Main With the object of perfecting shotfiring in the mines owned...

Shot-Firing Competition – Interesting Manvers Main Innovation

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Shot-Firing Competition Interesting Manvers Main Innovation Yorkshire's first shot-firing competition, the final of which was held...