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Air Raid Reactions

... By A. Croxton Smith AS one would expect, reports vary as to the reactions of dogs in air raids, some saying that they are terrified, others that they take no more notice of bomb explosions and anti-aircraft guns than they would of a heavy thunder storm. It has not been my lot up to the moment of writing to ex perience a raid at close quarters, but in the Great War bombs dropped into an ...

BRITAIN'S DESTROYER OF THE AIR: The Wonderful New Defiant--The First Published Details of Her Aerial Combat Tactics

... BRITAIN'S DESTROYER OF THE AIR The Wonderful New Defiant The First Published Details of Her Aerial Combat Tactics Few planes can have been so misrepresented as has the Defiant, the first Squadron of which made such a sensational fighting debut in the fighting over the Dunkirk beaches. Performance figures have not been disclosed, but she is undoubtedly the fastest machine in the world of ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 246 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Sandy Herd on His Mettle

... I HAD heard much of the Woodhall Spa golf course; in fact, every person I met who had played there said with an air of having accomplished something in golf that I had not. You ought to see that course. So I was rather looking forward to my visit. Colonel S. V. Hotchkin, the owner of the course and president of the club, is a very keen golf architect and has laid out courses in various parts ...

Cocktails to Port

... C^ocLiaiL to Port THE bore was boasting about his ancestry: The signature of one of my an cestors can be seen on the list of those who ordered King Charles' execution. Oh, that is nothing, replied his companion. One of my ancestors was the Puritan, in the famous picture Between Two Fires Mister, said an urchin to the man who was driving a very poor horse, do you want me to hold im r No. This ...

BURBERRYS. LTD

... BURBERRYS. British naval and military raiders effected successful landings at a number of points on the enemy coastline. Much useful information was obtained.'' --RECENT OFFICIAL STATEMENT The Royal Marines Burberrys are content to play the part of a tried and trusted ally the uniform mainstay of previous campaigns. Burberry Royal Marine Uniforms are a union in themselves. They are ...

THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD

... THE GOLDSMITHS SILYEDSMITHS COMPANY LTD THE GOLDSMITHS SILYEDSMITHS COMPANY LTD Bv appointment to he late Kin g George V Jtwm fiomy &e?wice ^cu/aeJ Infinite care has been taken to ensure absolute accuracy of detail in the design of these Naval and Fleet Air Arm brooches. For instance, it may not be generally known that the motif of the Naval Crown brooch (illustrated at top) is based upon the ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 197 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

Covers

... FItCTNTIs'piECEES ^0 glass [T„.TATU:..JULV3., -840 I The TATLER I Vol. CLVII. No. 2040 London July 31, 1940 REGISTERED AS A NEWSPAPER FOR TRANSMISSION IN TH UNITED KINGDOM ...

Published: Wednesday 31 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 27 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

A Bosom Pal: The Plans of Spies will sometimes go awry when Mr. Cupid is about

... Wroosom Pil The Plans of Spies will sometimes go awry when Mr. Cupid is about By Muriel Dick THE Horatio slipped quietly down the River Plate carrying a full cargo of meat from the Argentine. She had been delayed for some days in the harbour by the outbreak of war. Once clear of the land, Captain Johnson took a certain precaution. Instead of shaping straight for Santos, the Horatio steamed ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2672 | Page: Page 14, 15, 16, 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

There's Always Some thing: When two Evils present themselves, choose the Lesser, thought André's parents

... There's Always Some thing When tzvo Evils present themselves choose the Lesser, thought Andre's parents By Barre Lyndon I WOULD like to be so rich, I should smell. Stinking rich! So, naturally, I was interested in André He had to be rich to come buying orchids at thirty shillings the half-dozen, doing it just so he could say Hallo! to me. He seemed too shy for more than that, and he had the ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3555 | Page: Page 20, 21, 22, 23, 70 | Tags: Illustrations