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'MILK OF MAGNESIA'

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Published: Wednesday 08 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 100 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

Covers

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Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

THE SECRET WEAPON IS PRECISE

... . By WING SLIP*. (BEING OUR SHORT STORY.)* CAPTAIN FRANZ BLAUTH, of German Air Intelligence, alias Frank Blaine, played patience in a back room under the shadow of Big Ben. He played deliberately and carefully, apparently unaware of the other man. The game completed, Blauth chuckled contentedly and turned to the thin and pinched individual crouched over the fire. So-- Mr. Peter Miller, ...

Advertisements

... SCOTTISH HOTELS. FOR A BRACING HOLIDAY GAIRLOCH HOTEL ROSS -SHIRE A luxury hotel in the midst of Scotland's rugged grandeur. Situated in a Safe Area on the shores of the Gairloch. Fishing in five lochs free to visitors. Mild and health-giving climate. Golf. Boating. Sea Bathing. Large Garage. Permits can easily be obtained on application. Every comfort. 'Phone 2. James Pettigrew, Manager. A ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 789 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO. LTD

... THE NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO., LTD. r H E NORTH BRITISH RUBBER COw LTD. There's not enough petrol to get to the links; So we take to two wheels and we bicycle there Young Charles who served us with drinks has joined tip, And the Steward is tearing what's left of his hair. j The Colonel advances his views on the war And thinks a defensive campaign is all wrong He proves ivith an ashtray, his ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 241 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

K.L.G

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Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 119 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

BREWED & BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD & CO. LTD

... BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTD. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTD., I IN the Mess, in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars no less than in the Home the call is for V^hitbread s superb Pale Ale. Brewed from British hops and barley/ appetising, refreshing, stimu= fating/ VC^hitbread s superb Pale Ale is more popular than ever. WHITBREAD'S PALE ALE LONDON. E.C.I. ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 65 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please forward overseas

... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT It is nice to be one of those people who are told to keep in the open air as much as possible, because it gives me the best possible excuse to neglect all duties and sit on the Roof, which is what I am doing now. But it 's all wrong to be here alone, without the Linnet and Bill and their friends sprawled about half-naked on mattresses, and you, with your hat ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1010 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please forward overseas

... PluiM i By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- The play is over and I feel like Christian when the load fell off his back. I cannot think why, if it bothers you so much, you let yourself in for this sort of thing, said Charles patiently on the morning of the dress rehearsal, when I found myself unable to face my breakfast-egg. Well, you see, I always think I 'm going to enjoy it. But you never do ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 858 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: THE FINGER OF FATE

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. THE FINGER OF FATE. AT last! A great mystery of nature has been revealed to me. I have wondered about it all my life, and now the scales have fallen from my eyes. I have discovered how a man becomes a bassoon-player. Or, rather how one man at least became a bassoon-player. I imagine that there are dark mysteries in the lives of all bassoonists, but they are ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1191 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

RATIONAL GADGETS FOR YOUR COUPONS: STRETCHING SPAGHETTI BY THE NEW MAGNETIC METHOD

... rational gadgets for your coupons. stretching spaghetti by the new magnetic method. Heath Robinson's fertile genius has turned this week totcards spaghetti, and while his enlarging apparatus is all to the good so far as rations are concerned we feel it may tend to complicate its management on the fork when dining in Soho However, a little thing like that can be endured cheerfully, so long as ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 80 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations