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Wedding – Midwood & Thompson

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1941 Mr. M. E. Thompson (Church Broughton) and Miss N. M. Midwood (Wash) A gown of white afternoon...

Marconigrams – October 4th, 1941

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Marconigrams Mexborough Secondary School is to be known in future as Mexborough Grammar School. The annual gathering of...

Intrepid Legless Pilot (video)

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Intrepid Legless Pilot Daring Bids for Freedom After two daring attempts to escape, Wing-Commander Douglas Bader...

Sailor – Birchall, Richard – A Cricket Coincidence

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 A Cricket Coincidence West Melton Sailor's Experience in U.S.A. How many people who recall a memorable cricket...

Soldier – Stocks J.W. – Soldier’s D.C.M.

October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 18 October 1941 Soldier's D.C.M. " One of the most thrilling episodes of my life " is how Mrs....

Editorial – Good News

4 October 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Good News Mr. Churchill is finding it increasingly difficult to conceal good news from us. In...

Two Hurt in Crossing Crash – Engine Hits Car at Wath

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Two Hurt in Crossing Crash Engine Hits Car at Wath All that was left of the...

Marconigrams – November 1st, 1941

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Marconigrams An interim dividend of 2 per cent., as compared with 2 ½  per cent. last year,...

Airman – Poulter, Fred – Killed After Leave – R.A.F. Man’s Fate

November 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941 Killed After Leave Brampton R.A.F. Man's Fate Within twenty-four hours of returning from leave A/C.2 Fred Poulter (36),...

Soldier – Baylis G.A. – Wath Officer Wins M.C.

November 1941
Mexborough and Swinton Times, November 29, 1941 Wath Officer Wins M.C. Many people in the Wath area, particularly hockey enthusiasts, will be pleased to learn that...