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Highgate Stack Fire Burns Throughout Week-End

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Highgate Stack Fire Burns Throughout Week-End The smouldering stacks and damaged barn at the Highgate farm fire. A...

Mexboro’ and Dearne A.R.P. Workers Tackle “Paper” Incidents.

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 “Leaflet" Raid With A Difference Mexboro' and Dearne A.R.P. Workers Tackle "Paper" Incidents. An A.R.P. control room...

Thurnscoe Man Ejected From Bus – ” Plenty Of Room For Me “

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 " Plenty Of Room For Me " Thurnscoe Man Ejected From Bus "There is plenty of...

Nazi Air Force’s Busy Day – Planes Over British Coast

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Nazi Air Force's Busy Day             Planes Over British Coast Soon Driven Off : No Bombs Dropped Italian Volunteers...

Soldiers – Gundry Brothers – Proud Parents

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 Proud Parents Three Goldthorpe brothers are doing their bit in the Forces, and their parents. Mr....

Editorial – Frozen War

6 January 1940
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940 Frozen War Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...