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BRITANNIA AND EVE

... STORIES LIKE THESE MAKE LONGER NIGHTS BRIGHTER HEART OF BRITISH OAK By PETER B. KYNE. THE Lancashire Maid was in the dock at Liverpool by ten o'clock that night and Captain Hannay had young Kessler up in his quarters for a night-cap of whisky-and-soda and stated with genuine regret that in the morning they must part. But I'll write Hitler about you, he promised. And I'll write your father, ...

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... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- There are sad sights to be seen on our hitherto respectable beach now that the Soldiery has taken away all the bathing-huts. Umbrellas and fishing-boats are used in a pathetic attempt at preserving the decencies, but I sometimes think it would be really less embarrassing if we did without them and just undressed on the beach in a carefree manner. I have yet to ...

BRITANNIA AND EVE

... STORIES LIKE THESE MAKE LONGER NIGHTS BRIGHTER HEART OF BRITISH OAK THURSDAY NEXT AT TEN A TRAITOR HAS NO HOME By PETER B. KYNE. By RICHARD OLIVER. By MAY MURRAY. They had a wireless signal when they were well on their way a ruddy spy in this country that 's what happened, said the Wing Commander. See how they altered course south when we all thought they were going lor the Midlands. It ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 894 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

Gelty Distributing Co

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Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 150 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

Player's Please

... Resoluteness What better symbol of cheery tenacity than the British sailor A friendly reminder of that National Cigarette which, through the pleasure and con tentment it brings to thousands is help ing in some measure to keep strong that national asset, resolution. Now as always, Player's Navy Cut stand supreme for dependable quality. KEEP THAT HAPPY EXPRESSION MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 64 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 251 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

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... f '(mm ,J&wqmL By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- There has been a sad falling-off in garden sherry-parties this year. We usually have a great many, because practically everybody here is garden-proud, and when Summer comes it is their delight to give parties, in the touching belief that other people who are garden-proud too will enjoy drinking sherry and wandering up and down the paths saying ...

Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 908 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

ENGLAND GOES TO IT

... Now, you must make the most of your leave, dear. Wot about takin' a look at the A.-A. gun in Croft's meadow DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 30 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Covers

... see froSt^pi^ees No careless talk Triple X is qeruure lTm rmER August I4, 1940 I The TATLE1 1 Vol. CLVII. No. 2042 London August 14, 1940 ...

Published: Wednesday 14 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 26 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 319 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 21 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD

... , ministry OF FOOD THE WEEK'S mills Jl As a Lancashire man said, We've got through to the FinaV. We are good at finals. But mark this we go into training for finals. We harden ourselves, and we discipline our lives. Only by fostering every ounce of our national resources in our kitchens just as much as in our manufactures can we field a team that will be unbeatable. Lord Woolton. ON THE ...

Published: Wednesday 21 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 428 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations