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Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 30 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

Player's

... 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, Navy Cut stand supreme for dependable quality. KEEP THAT HAPPY EXPRESSION MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK-TIPS 10 for ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 70 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Handsome is as Shabby Does

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. Handsome is as Shabby Does. There are two songs of an earlier and happier age which ought to be adopted as national anthems. One is Any Old Iron?, as sung before all the Crowned Heads of Europe by Herbert Morrison; and the other is I See You 've Got Your Old Brown Hat On, as rendered by special request of the Lords and commons by Kingsley Wood. I have forgotten ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2251 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

HOW TO MAKE IT HARD FOR THE INVADER: HOLDING UP AN ENEMY ADVANCE ACROSS A BRIDGE

... . England is already thoroughly well prepared to meet the- long-threatened invasion when and ij it materialises hut one can t have too many good ideas, so W. Heath Robinson is not resting, on his laurels, but continues to devise ways of making it hard for the enemy. This skilful invention for holding up hostile troops trying to advance across a bridge represents the last word in mechanical ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 89 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

NAZI CANONS OF MALE AND FEMALE BEAUTY!

... PRESENT AND PAST by Karl Truppe. 44 NUDE by Adolf Ziegler. 44 GRACE by Arno Breker. 44 THE Ft)HRER AND SUPREME COM MANDER OF THE GERMAN ARMY by Conrad Hommel. 44 NEW JEWELLERY by Wenzel Hermann Wendelberger. 44 MY COMRADES IN POLAND, 1939 by Georg Siebert. r RETURN by Hans Adolf Biihler These somewhat unattractive pictures represent the Nazi canons of male and female beauty. They are examples ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 121 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Schweppes

... SEES! Wm mm ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 3 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

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 j right up to the ears. Coats of this ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 102 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

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Published: Saturday 24 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 107 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

The National Savings Committee

... . 1 IV A M w m I liAe^V' Think of Great Britain as one great factory. Working at full pressure its output of goods can be vastly increased. But from this entire output must come both the needs of the fighting services and the requirements of the rest of us. The Services must come first. The war must be won and in the shortest possible time. This means and we must face the hard fact that you ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 243 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD

... , MINISTRY OF FOOD THE WEEK'S II I? As a Lancashire man said, c We've got through to the Final 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 KITCHEN ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 428 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... Comfortable quarters i a 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 i right up to the ears. Coats of ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 105 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please Forward

... 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 ...