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... FOR the dignity of the past and the improvements of modern times. The Kings Hotel Brighton Specially reduced terms for long term residence. PEACE IN THE FOREST Forest ponies as placid as ever. Cattle browsing in our acres of meadowland. The sunlight playing daily on our lake. Fruit and garden produce awaiting your daily consumption. Come now. BlIllLEY MANOR HOTEL AT BURLEY HEART OF THE NEW ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 863 | Page: Page 39 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

THE FIRST GERMAN PLANE TO FALL ON BRITISH SOIL: The Big German Bomber Which Crashed on the Lammermuir Hills

... The First German Plane to Fall on British Soil The Big German Bomber Which Crashed on the Lammermuir Hills Scotland again came into the war zone last week-end and in dramatic fashion when a big German bomber swooped down from the clouds and began hedge- hopping over the East Lothian hills in a vain attempt to evade the pursuit of British fighter planes pouring machine-gun bullets into its ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 146 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A GERMAN BOMBER CRASHES ON A SCOTTISH HILLSIDE

... Saturday morning of last week, fighting machines of the Auxiliary Air Force scored another success when they forced down a big German bomber on to the Lammermuir Hills. A stream of bullets had spattered every part of the bomber, including the metal pro- pellers. The first burst of fire crippled the machine and as she dropped it was evident that the port j engine was out of action and that the ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 334 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LET ME PUT MYSELF IN HITLER'S PLACE: Some of the Problems Which the German High Command Must Face. (The ..

... Let Me Put Myself In Hitler's Place Some of the Problems Which the German High Command Must Face. (The Strategy of the War VI) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E, D.S.O., D.C.L. THE events, as I write, are talking an interesting turn, and look as if they must lead shortly to some definite line of action. On the Western Front we can safely say that nothing of import ance has ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2136 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SILENT AND THE SECRET ARMY: Les Angliches Make Themselves Known to the Appreciative Citizens of France

... The Silent and the Secret Army Les An^liclies AAake Tliemselves Known to tlie Appreciative Citizens of France by HARRy J. GREENWALL Personal Impressions of tbe B.E.F. THE Young Bills who have come to France in the wake of Old Bill, who blazed the trail twenty-five years ago, came by an entirely different route. Having been privi leged to see the arrival of Bill père et fils I feel myself ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1763 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

WITH THE PERMISSIONNAIRES OF THE FRENCH ARMY: They Are Given Leave to Return Home for the Harvesting

... WITH THE PERMISSIOl >NNAIRES OF THE FRENCH ARMY: Tk' \y Are Oiven Leave to Return Home for the Harvesting Scythe over shoulder, the poilu becomes peasant again for the harvest Left Symbols of Peace and War, the military coat and helmet hang by the implements of agriculture Above Again in uniform, the soldier ploughs the land with two patient oxen RETURN TO THE FARM With his wife and little ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 225 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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... MUSICAL Listening to the music at the National Gallery REVERIE where lunch-time concerts are taking place daily for the benefit of office workers. Many famous orchestras and musicians appear there A STUDY IN Closing of concert halls owing to the war has caused EXPRESSIONS niany music lovers to attend the performances at the National Gallery where the daily concerts are given in an auditorium ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 106 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DANGER IN THE DARKNESS: Double the Number of Killed and Injured on the Roads is the Legacy of the Black-out

... DANGER IN THE DARKNESS Double the Number of Killed and Injured on the Roads is the Legacy of the Black-out By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erk of the Coune, Brooklands) OUR expectations have unhappily materialised, for the casualties on the road during the month of September have increased by 100 per cent. It looks as if the cure was almost as bad as the disease which it was ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 864 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

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... -V I X. THE RUSSO-FINLAND The situation was very tense during the past DISPUTE week end, Finland not being disposed to give way on vital points. The Finnish frontier only measures some 35 miles as the crow flies On left-- WHERE THE AMERICAN VESSEL CITY OF FLINT PUT IN DURING LAST WEEK-END Haugesund, the small Norwegian port where the City of Flint put in and where the German prize crew was ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 314 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

BEAUTIFUL STRASBOURG--Lonely After the Evacuation of Its 500,000 Inhabitants

... BEAUTIFUL STRASBOURG-- Lonely 5t,oo^„n of 1,5 T he Bustling Crowd has Gone from Deserted Streets which Still Show their Flower Boxes at the Windows SECOND ONLY TO COLOGNE: THE CATHEDRAL O; TRASBOURG The tower of the cathedral is famous both for its height and the delicacy of the stonework through which staircases climb. The summit of the steeple was damaged by a German shell in 1870 THE ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 444 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

TUNING FOR ECONOMY: Tinkering with the Carburettor Jet Will Produce More M.P.G

... TUNING FOR ECONOMY Tinkering with the Carburettor Jet Will Produce More M.P.G. By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.MBCh.E. (C lerk of the Course, Brooklands) WHEN really enthusiastic motorists gathered together in peace-time, sooner or later the conversation led towards the speeds of their respective cars. When any two or more drove the same make and model of car, arguments would crop up as ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 953 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

WAIFS & STRAYS

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Published: Saturday 13 May 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 50 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Photographs