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Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 274 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

WHEN I WAS LAST A-FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. ARE you wishful for something to read which will take your thoughts away from the ugly distractions of war atmosphere to the sleepy, peaceful contentment of old- world villages, colourful scenery and a gentle river meandering slothfully past pollarded and rush-fringed banks, its crystal water betraying the shoals of fish moving among the clumps and streamers of ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1014 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Photographs 

COBBLED STREET AND ELFIN CAPERS.--A.P.C

... COBBLED STREET AND ELFIN CAPERS.-- A. P.C. THE BARGAIN-HUNTER by Mr. A. Pearson. Taken with a Rolleiflex camera. Film Ilford. Exposure one second at f.3.8. SUMMER DANCE by Dr. S. D. Jouhar. Taken ivith a Leica camera Film: Kodak. Exposure: l200th second THE BACK-YARD by Fraulein Chytil. No details received as to camera, film, or exposure. THE DRYAD by Mr. R. D. Calvert. Taken with a ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS OF WARTIME BRITAIN

... . MISS DIANA SUTHERLAND, younger daughter of the late Sir George and Lady Sutherland, married CAPTAIN DUGALD SKENE, son of Lieut.-Col. Crieff Skene, of Hallyards and Pitlour, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. Left LADY ROSEMARY NUTTING is the elder daughter of the late Earl of St. Germans and of Lady Blanche Scott- Douglas. Her marriage to Mr. Edward Christian Frederick Nutting, ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 231 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - PRINCE OBOLENSKY, the famous athlete and Rugger player, is now an officer in the Royal Air Force. He played for the Harlequins against Rosslyn Park at Richmond the other day. MISS PAM BARTON, the famous girl golfer and winner of this year's British Women's Open Cham pionship, is a Volunteer Am bulance driver. Now that the petrol restrictions have rendered it impossible to use cars except for ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 315 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FOOD OF LOVE

... A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. FAUST has long been classed with those works-- mostly masterpieces-- which the professional lis tener has inevitably heard so often that he is popularly sup posed to be unable to bear hearing them again. This is, of course, a libel. Everything depends on the performance. A routine performance evokes a routine judgment. It deserves neither more nor less. A ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1136 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 18 January 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1006 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

TANGEE ENDS THAT PAINTED LOOK

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Published: Wednesday 18 January 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 214 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

THE BERGNER AND HER BOBTAIL

... ELISABETH BERGNER, here posed tvith her Old English hohtailed sheepdog Woomsie, makes her return to the films in STOLEN LIFE, the Orion pro duction presented by Paramount at the Plaza, and due for its gala premiere in aid of the Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees to-night, January 18. She takes a dual role of twin sisters and Woomsie, the bobtailed sheepdog, has a part. The story is adapted by ...

Published: Wednesday 18 January 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE PARISH PUMP-- TYROLEAN AND BRITISH. --A.P.C

... THE PARISH PUMP- TYROLEAN AND BRITISH. A.P.C. VILLAGE GOSSIP IN THE TYROL by Mr. A. C. Peper. Taken with a Voigtlander camera. Film Agfa. Exposure l-50th second at f.8. Right THE DART- PLAYERS by Mrs. Geraldine IJnderell A.R.P.S. Taken with a Leica III. camera. Film Agfa. Exposure l-20lh second at f.3.5. B These admirable photo graphs of phases of village life in the Tyrol and at home in ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 98 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TO GO TO AUSTRALIA WITH THE DUKE OF KENT

... . When the Duke and Duchess of Kent leave for Australia in October to take up the Duke's appointment as Governor-General of the Commonwealth, they will be accompanied by LORD and LADY HERBERT. Lord Herbert, eldest son of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and heir to historic Wilton House, is his Royal Highness's Equerry, and Lady Herbert is a Lady-in- Waiting to her Royal Highness. Their ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 82 | Page: Page 45 | Tags: Photographs