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... dug-out he could clearly see shells fired by a neighbouring battery bursting like balls of cotton wool in the clear winter sky. To-night Captain Balfour, on his way back to London, left for the headquarters one of the British missions with the French air force ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 900 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

This Weather We're Having Could Be Worse

... cloudless sky. At night, the moon shines soft, clear and yellow, its rim most strongly defined. But there is no spring as we know it in Britain, for the snow melts suddenly, and summer with the flowers and the mosquitoes come like a mushroom in the night. . ...

Published: Wednesday 31 January 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1141 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HALF-MEANT

... Irresponsibility, and we know that they half mean it when they wish us well, whether on land, or on the sea, or in the sky. Good-night to you all; Goodnight. ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A Spot Of Canteen Chatter

... was out of luck—or was I? (I'm 'kinds scared of the modern dame!) Not an A.T.S. in the building. It's Friday 'night, and Friday night's the night they do their wee bits o' things, their ironing. W E clei• lot me . T t t or fix up their waves, or—well, you ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: Ireland's Saturday Night
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1095 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Straits “ Blotted Out ”

... Straits Blotted Out Dense mist blotted out the Straits of Dover under a starry sky last night. The sea was calm, and there was a light north-westerly wind. ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 28 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

COVENTRY STILL STANDS AFTER WORST RAID

... Unbroken 1,000 CASUALTIES THE proud spire its wrecked Cathedral still pointing the sky last night typified Coventry’s answer the attempt by the German air force the previous night to wipe out the city. Under rain of bombs, merciless, ceaseless and indiscriminate ...

Published: Saturday 16 November 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1703 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE “ BLACK-OUT ”

... repulsed by Thai forces at Donlkongluk yesterday morning, says a Tl\ai High Command communique to-night. Frontier reports state that a huge fire lit the sky last night over Danpoipet. in Indo-China. where customs building was burned down a few’ days ago. Loud ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

E announcement made recently lilat the R.A.F. film, Target for „Mt. is to be shown to some two r.:on people

... the war. Amateur astronomers are more numerous to-day. When things were normal we were not nearly so conscious of the sky. At night now all eyes turn to the skies, and it natural that the stars should come in for more intelligent observation. * * 'I'VE ...

Published: Saturday 20 September 1941
Newspaper: Ireland's Saturday Night
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1023 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEATHER FORECAST

... red sky at night is the shepherds' delight But red in the morning is the shepherds' warning A red sunset shows the western sky to free of rain clouds for a considerable distance. As most of our bad weather comes from the west, a red sky at ...

Published: Tuesday 02 December 1941
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 105 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

This Is One of the Strangest Stories of AREMARKABLE series of events folio ved an attack by two Messerschmitts on

... man. and in procession the mixed band started off along the coast. It was raining. and streaks of lightning lit up the sky. When night came it brought little comfort. There were no blankets or provisions. No fires were allowed because the Italians feared ...

Published: Monday 29 December 1941
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 714 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

IMEL RETAINS INITIATIVE

... •troytd It of a tormaUon of M onomy planoo. Ten others were probably destroyed. Our m tchlnes chased the Japs all over the sky. me night raid the enemy made their objectives the aerodrome north of Rangoon and the city area itself. One bomber is believed to ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1126 | Page: 2 | Tags: none