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Mr. X of Melbourne

... on a deserted May evening. There it was, at the Adelaide Oval, that Denis Compton made two centuries for England four years ago, and Don Bradman used to pay Tiger Bill O'Reilly's bowling the com pliment of care and where, a few days ago, I saw the freest ...

Published: Wednesday 22 November 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1078 | Page: 38 | Tags: Photographs 

Bantams As A Fancy

... At such shows as the National Poultry Show, at Olympia, there was the opportunity to see some of the best bantams in the world and a few of the outstanding exhibits are illustrated here. British fanciers have always held the premier positions and are ...

THE HOME NEWS IN PICTURES

... suggestions from all over the world) include I sturdier general construction, greater passenger comfort resulting from a wider I body, and improved braking. The wishbone-type coil spring independent front sus- I pension, used on the I i'litre model, has ...

Published: Saturday 28 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1034 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

Some Portraits in Print: BeinĒµ the lucubrations of your moft obedient fcribe, Mr. Gordon Beckles

... a jovial character in mid-Channel who was relieving the tedium of Sundays in England by drinking and eating his way across to Boulogne during the summer months. This England! What is London's characteristic colour.' Many Americans prefer to think it a ...

Published: Wednesday 26 April 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1895 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

A LONDON NEWSLETTER

... such an absurd situation. Peace could lap the World and security snugly warm the hearts of humanity, if the World were not Babel, if we could speak one language, and tear down the brick walls which divide us. Almost all the wizards agree that Russia's ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1955 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

Priscilla in Paris: The Camellias Bloom Again

... drivers in the midst of the melee who had no cotton-wool to stuff in their ears, and had to use oily waste instead. I was taught a good deal about driving by a pre-World War One winner of several Austrian Alpine contests. His advice was Never touch the 'ooter ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 855 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

Summer Chat--Putts and Prize-Money

... also a golfer), for his recoveries are becoming fabulous. Using H is Head Vicenzo is really a colossal hitter, but he has learned that his driver is not needed on every tee, and now that he uses his head and finishes the holes well, he is a danger in any ...

Hats Were Wonderful

... Governor of Victoria. I am not. That office is held with distinction by R. A. D. Brooks, once a batsman of just about England class, who used to more than adorn the R.N. and R.M. team at Lord's in their annual match with the Army (Band if Possible). I first ...

Published: Wednesday 29 November 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 992 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

Modernising a XVIth-Century Farmhouse

... Guy Morgan bought Lower House Farm, Fernhurst, in 1938, he acquired 230-odd acres of some of the most beautiful country in England. Situated fairly high up on the southern slopes of Blackdown, the famous 1,000-ft.- high feature of north-west Sussex, the ...

AT THE ... CINEMA

... but you must use your judgment. MY DAUGHTER JOY. New version of Harry Baur's old subject, David Golder, with Edward G. Robinson as a financial tycoon who goes mad because he can't become master of the world. Made in Italy and England by an American ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1367 | Page: 33 | Tags: Photographs 

SEVENOAKS VINE

... SEVENOAKS VINE By S. A. Palm Famous Cricket Clubs Cricket has been played in the old world town of Sevenoaks since i seventeenth century, and the earliest printed testimony was in 734, wl Sevenoaks Vine played its first match on the historic ground where ...

Published: Wednesday 17 May 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 482 | Page: 52 | Tags: Photographs 

FROM LONDON AND THE PROVINCES: THE HOME NEWS IN PICTURES

... on the Bath Road, well known to motorists, is due to be demolished next J I The Old Magpies Inn is one of the oldest in England. It will be demolished when a J tunnel, running from the road to the central terminal area of London Airport, is constru J ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 914 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs