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AUSTIN REED

... Comfortable quarters The calendar still says summer. But men whose public duties call them out in the small hours, find it hard to believe. For the chilly hours before the dawn we recommend our Ulsters. They are very warm, but do not hamper activity. They are very hard-wearing. These overcoats are double-breasted, with good deep collars that bring comfort right up to the ears. Coats of this ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 104 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

Keep It Dark

... By Martin Hawkin Two soldiers were walking along the Fulham Palace Road, talking of this and that; in fact, of any subject but the one that then filled the Press, the wire less and the civilian mind: the war. It was a balmy evening. The balloons had just gone up for the night vigil and rode luminously against their backcloth of pale blue, dwarfing the ghostly disc of the moon. It was a night ...

GROUSE BRAND

... MATTHEW GLOAG SON. LTD. PERTH SCOT LAN D. ESTABLISHED ISOO ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 10 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... The Maid (announcing an air-raid warning) Oh, Sir, the sirens with the warbling note The Gay Old Dog: Well, show them in and let them warble here. DRAWN BY TOPOLSKI. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 30 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

DUNLOP

... DUKILOP D U N L O P Such were the dawdling days when motoring' enjoyed a fashion far in excess of its speed or ex pediency. The leisurely pace of the period may have harmonised well with roof-garden hats and wasp-waists But this now fantastic phase could no more have hoped to stay than the Dunlop tyre of that time could have defied its ultimate progress towards the masterpiece it is today. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 79 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM-- No. 2

... w v --isip A NEAT DEVICE FOR CATCHING WOPS BY WING-COMMANDER E. C. OAKLEY BEUTTLER This picture is so eloquently explanatory that to add even one word would almost savour of painting the lily. However, as there may be some simple folk who have never encountered the Italian waiter, it is necessary to explain that the itching palm put it into the mind of the Fleet Air Arm to adopt this clever ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 93 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

A PICTORIAL RECORD OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS

... A PICTORIAL RECORD OF GILBERT SULLIVAN N OPERAS This 4-8-page Souvenir, published by The SPHERE, is ready now and deals com prehensively with the inosl popular of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. EIGHT PAGES IN FULL COLOUR SHOWING SCENERY AND COSTUMES WILL RE OF TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THE AMATEUR COMPANY. As a limited number arc printed, you are advised to order immediately to avoid ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 95 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

JOHNNIE WALKER

... Good work good whisky Bom 1820 still going strong ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 13 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

Covers

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Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 33 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

THE WEEK'S FOOD

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Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 389 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

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. KANE. By RICHARD OLIVER. By MAY MURRAY. 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 nightcap of whisky-and- soda and stated with genuine regret that in the morning they must ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 891 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

... John Jameson I WH SKEY ?A lIK Jm Not a drop is sold till it's seven years old THE BRITISH SAILORS' SOCIETY earnestly appeals for help to enable them to keep pace with the urgent and increasing cost of maintaining Homes and Hostels in I ports all over the Empire for our seafarers' needs. Donations welcomed by Hon. Treasurer, The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Sykes, P. C., 680 Commercial Road, London, ...