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Harris Tweed Association Ltd

... , Issued by the THE CLOTH THAT BEARS THE MARK OF IDENTITY Harris Tweed teas first woven by the crofters of the Outer Hebrides for their on Ti protection. Because of its sturdy strength and hard-wearing qualities Harris Tweed is particularly suitable fi r present-day conditions. HARRIS TWEED As a safeguard against imitations the Harris Tweed Trade Mark has been registered by order of the Board ...

Intensive Vegetable Production: Inter-Cropping as a War Time Necessity

... Intensive Vegetable Production Inter-Cropping as a War Time Necessity By Our Horticultural Correspondent ANYONE of average strength and intel ligence can dig a piece of ground, manure it, sow it with seeds and produce a reasonably good crop of vegetables. I suggest, however, that for our war effort we should not be content until the maximum yield of which our garden, large or small, is capable ...

Tonbridge Finish With a Flourish

... THE Tonbridge bowlers were in devastating form against T. C. Cobb's XI., and the School rounded off the season with a nine-wicket victory. T. R. R. Wood, the captain, H. R. O. Hubble and R. A. A. Smith shared the bowling honours, putting the visitors out for 104, a total which might have been poorer, for six wickets had been down for 49. Wood and G. R. Leahy, the School's opening pair, scored ...

CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F. COMMANDS: No. 3.--COASTAL

... CHIEFS OF THE R.A.F. COMMANDS: No. 3-- COASTAL. PHOTOGRAPH BY BASSAXO. AIR-MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM BOWHILL, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., has been Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Coastal Command since 1937. This vital command of the R.A.F. is our sure shield and its machines have driven off countless raiders. Sir Frederick began his career as an officer in the Merchant Service, with a ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 118 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WORK, ENTERTAINMENT, WEDDINGS

... . CAPTAIN LORD ARDEE, only son of the Earl and Countess of Meath, married MISS ELIZABETH MARY BOWLBY, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Geoffrey Bowlby, at the Guards' Chapel. MISS DESIRfiE ELLINGER (Mrs. G. Carte) is an A.F.S. officer. Her actress daughter, DIANA STIRETT, is engaged to Corporal W. Stirratt. MISS MARGARET VINES plays Tilania in the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, production of A ...

EVACUEE AS DETECTIVE! MODERN SPY DRAMA, COTTAGE TO LET

... EVACUEE AS DETECTIVE! MODERN SPY DRAMA, COTTAGE TO LET. COTTAGE TO LET, at Wyndham's is up-to-date spy drama. Sir John Barington (LESLIE BANKS) is having pins stuck into him to prove the efficacy of his pain-killing drug. Lady Barington (GILLIAN LIND) is not taking it seriously Charles Dimble (ALASTAIR SIM) is deeply interested and evacuee Ronald (GEORGE COLE) thinks it a lark. Dimble ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 196 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CLOTHES TO CONSIDER

... WOMEN are too busy to go into retirement for a lengthened period, especially now that expertly designed maternity clothes can solve any problems of appearance. Treasure Cot, 103, Oxford Street, suggest the dress and jacket above, to be worn as they are for the next few months and under a coat when the weather grows colder. The adjustments are very simple, and the outfit can be copied in ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 201 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IN A WILTSHIRE GARDEN

... I Lady Herbert and Her Children The Hon. Diana Herbert and the Hon. Henry Herbert with their Mother, Lady Herbert, in the Garden at Bavefstock Manor Photos: Miss Complon Collier These delightful photographs of Lady Herbert with her three- year-old daughter, the Hon. Diana Mary Herbert, and her baby brother, the Hon. Henry George Charles Alexander Herbert, who was born in May last year, were ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 218 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WEDDINGS IN LONDON

... Member for East Fife Marries Miss Anna Margaret (Peggy) Greenwell, daughter of the late Sir -Bernard Greenwell of Marden Park, Godstone, and of Anna, Lady Greenwell, was married at St. John's Church, Smith Square, S.W.I, to Mr. James Henderson Stewart, M.P. In the absence of her brother, Sir Peter Greenwell, who is a prisoner of war, the bride was given away by her uncle, Colonel R. S. ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 434 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WITH SILENT FRIENDS: Superb Autobiography

... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By RICHARD KING Superb Autobiography WHEN I saw on my desk a further instalment of Dame Ethel Smyth's autobiography I knew that I was in for some enchanting hours-- hours when I should be deeply interested in the writer's personality and life; en thralled by her personal encounters among famous poets and musicians, and elsewhere rock with laughter at what she has to tell us ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2262 | Page: Page 12, 14 | Tags: Photographs 

COUNTRY HOME IN WARTIME

... No. 11: THE SPI r, KENILWORTH Mr. and Mrs. Percy Martin, who are American by are giving invaluable help to the country of thei ladies at their delightful home, The Spring, Kcnilw Hospital Supply Service, the pre-War organisation in London, and also to the County Hospital Sch Mr. Martin was for many years Managing Directt magnificent herd of 120 Guernsey cattle, and is i his attention to ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 312 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PICTURES IN THE FIRE

... By SABRETACHE Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. Samuel n, I, 23. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY quoted these words in his reference to the defence of Calais by a brigade made up of battalions from the Rifle Brigade and the 60th Rifles (Ist R.B., 60th Rifles, and the Queen vic toria's Rifles, a Territorial battalion ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 855 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs