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IRISH OAKS DAY AT THE CURRAGH

... Mrs. Otway Graham-Toler, Lady Muskerry and Mr. Otway Graham-Toler A part of the large audience which saw the Aga Khan complete an Irish double. His Turkhan won the Derby and 44 Queen of Shiraz won the Oaks. Mr. Graham- Toler is heir presumptive to the Earl of Norbury, and was formerly in the Irish Guards dMI--llh I M Lady Oranmore and Browne with Some Young Enthusiasts Tessa Kinderslcy, Lady ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 232 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MAKING OF MAJOR BARBARA: PICTURES TAKEN AT DENHAM DURING THE FILMING OF BERNARD SHAW'S GREAT STORY

... THE MAKING OF 44 MAJOR BARBARA PICTURES TAKEN AT DENHAM DURING THE FILMING OF BERNARD SHAW'S GREAT STORY Dame Sybil Thorndike as Mrs. Baines and Wendy Hiller as Major Barbara Wendy Hiller plays the Earl's daughter who joins the Army, and has a magnifi cent acting chance Dame Sybil Thorndike is finely cast as General Baines The Big-Drum Professor and Major Barbara Rex Harrison plays the part ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 165 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Canadian Smiles--Two Nurses from Toronto

... Canadian Smiles Two Nurses from Toronto These attractive, intelligent looking young women are two of the seventy nine trained nurses who lately came over from Canada to look after sick and wounded Service men in Britain. In charge of their own matron, Miss Agnes Neill, they are now attached to No. 15 General Hospital, can be recognised by their bright blue linen skirts and brass-buttoned ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 112 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The Passing Hour: Wartime Comments and Asides

... The Passing Hour Wartime Comments and Asides By A. G. Macdoncll j THE Ministry of Information can't go on like this. The Silent Column is dead-- killed with a single rapier thrust, as the clumsy bull in the Plaza de Toros is killed by a really skilful espada. The Silent Column, pricked by the picadors of the back benches, bewildered by the capeadors, infuriated by the banderilleristas, at last ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1718 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Photographs 

Old Tales Re-told: Films of a Classic Farce, A 'Twenties Musical, and Once Again Elizabeth Of England

... Old Tales Re- told Films of a Classic Farce, A 'Twenties Musical, and Once Again Elizabeth Of England -IRENE, al the New Gallery Musical Comedy is where Anna N eagle (right) started and after excursions into history and drama tchich threatened to submerge her lighter side, Herbert Wilcox, directing her for the fourteenth time, brings back the band with 44 Irene, twenty-year-old hit of ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 756 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Approach to Autumn

... v Wool for the winter is a good guide to far- sighted dress buying, especially when tailored frocks like the one above can be worn for the next few months without a coat. Lillywhites, of Piccadilly Circus and Knightsbridge, have this buttoned-through model for 6£ guineas, in various attractive colours. It fits beautifully, and there is individual detail in the folded collar and gathered yoke. ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 214 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Schweppes

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AFTER the BATTLE of DOVER HARBOUR: Pilots Comparing Notes (and Narrow Escapes) After the Biggest Raid of the War

... After the Battle of Dover Harbour Pilots Comparing Notes (and Narrow Escapes) After the Biggest Raid of the War On Monday last Britain experienced her biggest raid of the war when eighty enemy aeroplanes concentrated in an attack on Dover Harbour. The result was disaster for Germany-- the R.A.F. not only beat off the attack but brought down no fewer than seventeen of the enemy at a loss to our ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 287 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TANKS, GUNS, ARMOURED CARS: All These are Now Assisting in the Defence of Britain

... TANKS. GUNS, ARMOURED CARS-- All These are Now Assisting in the Defence of Britain THE HEAVY TANKS OF THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT GET READY FOR ACTION: As will be seen from these pictures, Britain is in possession of some very fine heavy tanks, despite our losses in Belgium and France. These are of the very highest quality, capable of dealing with anything similar possessed by the enemy. The Tank ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 948 | Page: Page 8, 9, 10 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR BOMBING RAIDS: A Careful Inquiry, Compiled from Official Sources, Into the R.A.F. ..

... THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR BOMBING RAIDS A Careful Inquiry Compiled from Official Sources, Into the R.A.F. Achievements Over Germany By NOEL THOMPSON TWO of the ques tions most fre quently asked me are, How is it that in all the reports of our bombing raids over Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, and Norway we are told of the great damage done, while German bombs usually seem to fall in the sea or ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1921 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Photographs 

ON BOARD a DESTROYER in the NORTH SEA: The Royal Navy Rehearses As It Works

... ON BOARD a DESTROYER I in the NORTH SEA The Royal Navy Rehearses As It Works \Y/E all know the wonderful defensive work of the Royal Navy in keeping the seas of Britain free of the enemy. But at the same time preparations for oflcnsive action are undoubtedly being rehearsed, in readiness for the moment when defence will give way to attack. The pictures reproduced on these pages were taken on ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 419 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WAR-TIME ACTIVITIES in FOUR DIFFERENT SPHERES: Relief Work; Monitor Service; Sheep Herding; Agriculture

... WAR-TIME ACTIVITIES in FOUR DIFFERENT SPHERES Relief Work; Monitor Service; Sheep Herding; Agriculture AMERICAN GIFTS FOR CIVILIAN RELIEF IN BRITAIN A depot for the many American gifts reaching Britain for civilian relief has been established in the home of the Hon. Lady Ward at Dudley House in Park Lane. Many helpers, both American and British, are assisting in the work of packing and ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 463 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs