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GLORY OF NELSON'S DAY

... . PHOTOGRAPH DY F. J. MORTIMER. H.M.S. VICTORY, emblem of the glory of the British Navy in the days of Nelson, lies in the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth with topmasts housed for the duration of the war. It will be remembered that this famous ship was the subject of the first drawing by Sir Muirheud Bone to be released for publication since his appointment as official Admiralty artist, and was ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 79 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING

... . TO those who may glance at this page to see how their favourite sport is faring in these un peaceful days I cannot give an inspiring picture, for but little angling is doing, and even weather conditions have sorely handicapped the few rods who have fished. The Aberdeenshire Dee has had a poor season the severe winter is blamed for holding up fish. What sport was obtained was shared in the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1147 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

SEVEN JUNE BRIDES

... . MR. QUINTIN D. T. HOGG, the Devonshire Regiment, elder son of Lieut.-Col. C. M. T. Hogg married MISS F. M. WEATHERBY, younger daughter of Lieut.-Col. J. T. Weatherhy, of Stanton House, Oxon, at St. John the Bap tist's Church, Stanton St. John. MR. DAVID H. LE ROY- LEWIS, O.C.T.U. Royal Artillery, son of Mr. S. H. Le Roy- Lewis, recently married MISS DIANA HAWDON, younger daughter of Captain ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 248 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

UNDER TWENTY-ONE STAR YVONNE MARTIN

... . Wearing her Rumba costume for Festival in Havana Dressed for the Can-Can dance in Gay Good-Night L _ As she appears in the Opening Chorus. Striking pose in her Opening Chorus dress. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN EVERARD. MISS YVONNE MARTIN is one of the stars of the Oxford all Under-graduate revue, UNDER TWENTY-ONE, presented in aid of charity at the Fortune by a cast of amateurs, all under twenty ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 116 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SWIMMING STARLETS LANA AND DANA

... . LANA TURNER is one of the most promising of the Metro-Gold wyn- Mayer starlets. Choose Your Partner the next film in which she will be seen over here with Joan Blondell and George Murphy is o gay picture with plenty of dancing sequences. DANA DALE, a fascinating TCarner starlet gave the photographer something to shoot at when she posed on the diving-board at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, in ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 118 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 20 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF OCCUPIED WHEN WAITING FOR THE ALL CLEAR! WHY NOT PRACTISE SMOKE-RINGS TO PASS THE TIME?

... HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF OCCUPIED WHEN WAITING FOR THE ALL CLEAR I WHY NOT PRACTISE SMOKE-RINGS TO PASS THE TIME? EVERYONE has his own notions as to the best way of avoiding boredom when waiting in a private shelter or dug-out for the welcome sound of the all clear. Here's a suggestion which may fit the case for some people. Why not emulate Pichel, the smoke-ring king He began smoking cigars and ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 495 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SEA BATTLES ON THE SCREEN: AUTHENTIC THRILLS OF CONVOY

... SEA BATTLES ON THE SCREEN AUTHENTIC THRILLS OF CONVOY. CONVOY, the British Navy film at the Neic Gallery, is one of the most exciting pictures ever shown, and, what 's more, its record of daring is authentic, for it was produced with the full co-operation of the British Admiralty and director author and camera crews made three different trips with convoys, and shared the danger of the ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 195 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME: SUMMER SUBJECTS

... WOMEN IN WARTIME SUMMER SUBJECTS NO food must be wasted this sum mer, for patriotic as well as economical reasons. An electric re frigerator preserves perishable foods, helps you to keep left-overs for other meals, and provides ice for medical supplies and refreshing drinks for your guests. The initial price of installation is soon saved, and running costs are surprisingly low. The General ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 335 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ENO'S

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Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 4 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

NO HEEL TAPS! FOR ONE DANCER PUTS ANOTHER IN HIS SHOES! BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940, WITH FRED ASTAIRE AND ELEANOR ..

... NO HEEL TAPS! FOR ONE DANCER PUTS ANOTHER IN HIS SHOES I BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940, WITH FRED ASTAIRE AND ELEANOR POWELL. FRED ASTAIRE and ELEANOR POWELL leap in perfect unison. ELEANOR POWELL poised like a butterfly in FRED ASTAIRE'S arms. Clare Bennett (ELEANOR POWELL) with the drunken King Shaw (GEORGE MURPHY). famous pair of dancers in their latest picture, Broadway Melody of 1940. ...

Published: Wednesday 31 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 97 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HARRY-THE-HAWK SQUADRON AND CLAIRE LUCE

... . MISS CLAIRE LUCE, talented American actress, is engaged to Wing- Commander J. W. Gillan, D.F.C. R.A.F., so naturally the R.A.F. Comforts Fund interests her particularly. She has been working hard in the drive for funds for the cause, and is posed with a squadron of the official R.A.F. mascot dolls, known as Harry 'the- Hawks. They can be bought all over London. Miss Luce has not appeared on ...

Published: Wednesday 31 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 97 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs