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FIRE BRIGADE GUARD; SAILOR AND SOCCER GROOMS: THE WEEK'S WEDDINGS

... FIRE BRIGADE GUARD SAILOR AND SOCCER GROOMS t THE WEEK'S WEDDINGS. LEAVING ST. MATTHEWS, BAYSWATER MR. A. C. BOWER, THE CORINTHIAN LEFT BACK, AND HIS BRIDE, MISS MARJORIE I. SINGLE. AFTER THE CEREMONY AT ST. SAVIOUR'S, WALTON STREET LIEUTENANT J. L. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 231 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED

... light out is more than a black-out warning. It is a reminder that unnecessary lights waste fuel. So let each one of us be a Fire Guard in the home on duty over the poker, taking charge of the gas taps and ever on the alert for any waste of fuel. ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 104 | Page: 25 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTOR NOTES

... The risk of an outbreak of fire on one car involving many others is always great in such circumstances. It is because the organisers of such events realise this danger that they take the precaution of having the Pyrene fire guard in attendance. E. M. Wright ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1928
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 984 | Page: 66 | Tags: Photographs 

THE HIGHWAY OF FASHION

... of occasions, and they are very becoming. Then there is the all-in-one suit inspired by those worn by the members of the Fire Guard. A fact that cannot- be made too widely known is that this firm has enlarged its cotton shirt department. Cashmere pullovers ...

Published: Wednesday 10 March 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 407 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

Have I forgotten Anything...?

... forks, or knives are left to collect dust. See that no clothing, either dry or wet, is hung in the day nursery. See that the fire guard is attached securely. In the Night Nursery See that there is fresh water and a glass or two within easy reach of nurse or ...

Published: Saturday 01 August 1931
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 942 | Page: 74 | Tags: Photographs 

AIR EDDIES: Theirs or Ours

... the great city areas, nit guarding is now aimed (intentionally or not) at saving offices rather than home have discovered a fact which cannot be hidden. It is obviously with the best will in the world that large numbers of fire guar are marshalled night ...

Published: Wednesday 01 December 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1042 | Page: 32 | Tags: Photographs 

This is a Salvage Slacker

... metal i provides steel for one hundred Bren guns. Five tons for 250 A. A. shells. Twenty I tons for a tank. A wire-mesh fire guard contains approximately the same I amount of metal as an A. A. shell. Bones. For extracting fat which makes nitro-glycerine ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 942 | Page: 48 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTOR NOTES

... Francis Ltd. was much appreciated A SAFETY FIRST DEVICE A photograph of a Pyrene Fire Post at which the military are seen giving their assistance. The Pyrene Fire Guard is to be found in most car parks at big functions ...

Published: Wednesday 10 August 1927
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1103 | Page: 42 | Tags: Photographs 

Air Eddies: No Flies on Time

... in service in the Ro>al Air Force squadrons. After all, there is no attempt to keep these things really secret, and any fire guard can obtain readily enough the silhouette charts of these machines. It looks rather as if there is still some idea in official ...

Published: Wednesday 17 September 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1196 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

THE FIRE-GUARDS OF BRITAIN

... officers, even their own staff officers members of the Wardens' Service with special fire duties. The appointment of these head fire-guards and senior fire-guards was responsible for tightening-up the previously loose organisation. A month ...

Published: Saturday 13 February 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1736 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

Fashion's Fancies: Subtly Swaying Skirts

... trials of shaving. Fire Fighting in the T.T. When the unfortun ate accident which occurred to Captain Malcolm Campbell's car in the Tourist Trophy race was re ported, it was not realised clearly under what difficult conditions the fire fighters had to work ...

Published: Wednesday 29 August 1928
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1735 | Page: 54 | Tags: Photographs