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EVOLUTION

... . FATHER What happens to little boys that tell stories CHILD They 're kept in after school. FATHER And what happens when they grow up CHILD They 're kept late at the office. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 July 1930
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 41 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

Stuff--and Nonsense

... Stuff- and Nonsense,, IF THE PENGUINS WERE CALLED TO THE BAR: AS THEY ARE AND AS THEY NIIGHT BE. From the Drawing by J. A. Shepherd. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1923
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 26 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

COTTON DINED--AND THIRTY-ONE

... COTTON DINED AND THIRTY -ONE. Lord Rosebery the Club President was in great form speaking at the ASHRIDGE GOLF CLUB'S DINNER to HENRY COTTON, British Open Golf Champion. To twist his racing simile a little, Cotton's achievement in following up his success in the British Open last year by the beating of Densmore Shute U.S.A. match-play champion was comparable to the rare achievement of a Derby ...

Published: Wednesday 02 February 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 108 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

LORD'S GENTLEMEN AND THEIR ALTERNATIVE OCCUPATIONS

... . I 1HESE caricatures by Mac depict the selected team of Gentlemen for the GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS match at Lord's last week. They are all front-rank cricketers who always play cricket, but they are able to enjoy some alternative amuse ments and occupations at times Their zest for playing the game is directed in some instances to billi ards, football, and winter sports, as our caricaturist has ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1933
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 81 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

ANNUAL DINNER OF THE 57TH WESSEX

... . The 57TH (WESSEX) A. A. BRIGADE, R.A., is entirely responsible for the Anti-Aircraft Defences of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. It started life in 1883 as the 2nd Hants Volunteer Brigade R.G.A. with Field-Marshal Lord Roberts as its Hon. Colonel. After serving with distinction in India and Mesopotamia during the tear, in 1932 it was converted into an A. A. Unit with Brigadier Cameron as ...

Published: Wednesday 04 May 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 78 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

R.A.F. AT UPPER HEYFORD

... RAF. AT UPPER HEYFORD. This Oxford station, which is under the command of Wing Commander Fall, was formed in 1927. After re-organisation and rebuilding, it is now fully equipped with the latest gadgets. It consists of H.Q. and three Bomber Squadrons, the 18th, 57th, and 218th. The occasion illustrated was not only a send-off to the Old Year, but a celebration dinner of the 18th Squadron, when ...

Published: Wednesday 12 January 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 106 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

A DROP TOO MUCH

... . Continued from page 148.) away and left hardly a trace and a damn good thing, too, so far as I could gather. I remember there were times when that evil glow encircled the very gates of light, when I was scared stiff about dangers centuries before I was born. The worst, I think, was when simultaneously at Salamis and in Sicily Greek civilisation was fighting for its life. For some faint ...

Published: Wednesday 23 January 1929
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 742 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Graphic 

THE BRIDE WITH HER GOLDEN HAIR IN PLAITS: THE PLUNKET--GUINNESS WEDDING, FULL-DRESS AND REHEARSAL

... THE BIRIDE WITH HEK GOLDEN HAIJR IN PLAITS THE PLUNKET GUINNESS WEDDING, FULL* DRESS AND REHEARSAL. The marriage of Miss Aileen Guinness, eldest daughter of the Hon. Ernest and Mrs. Guinness, to the Hon. Brinsley Sheridan Plunket, second son of the late Lord Plunket, and of Lady Victoria Braithwaite, was solemnised at St. Margaret's, Westminster, and was one of the most beautiful weddings of ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: Page 8, 9 | Tags: Graphic 

Graphic

... attendants included the sisters of the bride, the Misses Oonagh and Maureen Guinness, and the page was the Hon. Patrick Plunket, nephew of the bridegroom. The train bearers were Lady Brigid Guinness, youngest daughter of the Earl of Iveagh, and Miss Crania Guinness, younger daughter of the Hon. Walter and Lady Evelyn Guinness. Before the ceremony a rehearsal of the procession was held at St. ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 131 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic 

SOUTHERN COMMAND TATTOO

... . TIDWORTH CORONATION TATTOO is the eighteenth of the series. Held in Salisbury Plain arena, it has a bigger seating accommodation this year than ever before. The historical scene is a blaze of colour there is a big Scottish element present always an attraction and the display of armoured cars and motor-cycles in a hunting scene is ingenious and amusing. Fred May has snapped some of the Big ...

Published: Wednesday 04 August 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

Graphic

... OUR FLYING CLUBS: No. VI.-- THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE. Caricatures nv Mei- Ever since Heston Air Park came into being, the Household Brigade Flying Club has had its own private room there, and it has also a Gipsy Moth in the School. The members are all officers of the Brigade of Guards, a great number of whom arc actively interested in flying, several of them having made long-distance flights. ...

Published: Wednesday 21 September 1932
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 221 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic