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MOTLEY NOTES: The Old Kit-bag

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. The Old Kit-bag. Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and take them to the Army Welfare Department. There you will get not only the encyclopædic knowledge of a Universal Aunt, but the tender care of a Loving Mother. This is one of the most remarkable developments of modern war. Kiss me good night, Sergeant, we used to say, or-- And we never get up till the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2055 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Illustrations 

WM. HOLLINS & COMPANY LIMITED

... WM. HOLLINS COMPANY LIMITED. WM. HOLLINS COMPANY LIMITED. VIYELLA and 'CLYDELLA' Service Shirts have double the life that you'd expect and keep their well- tailored look, comfort and colour to the very end, through wear and washing. Tiestomatch in regulation khaki. 'I WILLIAM HOLLINS 4 CO.LTH -Ci/S VTYEUA WOUSg.SOmVCHVVI RCCISTIIUD TAAOI MAAK C^ Viyella f 'Clydella' I Re, a A.T.S. Service ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 93 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

Peek Frean's

... T hey9 re economising at the /M^hWorkim Party but they're still enjoying the best biscuits and so can you, by getting whenever you can. These popular- priced biscuits are the best that a little money can buy. Five O'clock, for instance, cost only 9d. a lb., Lincoln Cream 1/2. And every biscuit made by has the reputation of a famous firm behind it. You may have the usual war-time difficulty ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 96 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

CHAMPION

... Thanks chiefly fo their unique gas-tight construction, Champion Sparking Plugs are ensuring utmost engine-efficiency with economy, and worthily contributing that dependable ignition which is so essential. SPARKING PLUGS The SILLMENT Seal, exclusive to Champion, prevents gas-leakage. SPARKING PLUG COMPANY LIMITED ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 43 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

CANADIAN PILOT WRITES HOME

... . R.A.F., England. My Dear Hank, Last week I finished with O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) and am now on a squadron. Yessir, a real live flyer! I must confess, how ever, that it's not quite what I had figured. I guess it's the effect of seeing so many of those last-war flicks. Anyway, I had imagined something like this I would arrive, bags in hand, at the Guard Room. In an awed voice the ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 930 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please forward

... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- If you were sud denly transported from your far-flung battle-line into our Street, and I met you and said, Bill and the Linnet are both coming home on leave and we are having three young men to stay as well, you would probably reply, Oh, are you? How nice! But then, you haven't been trying to do the housekeeping in dear old England lately. When I met Lady ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1063 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

WARTIME EXPERIENCE IN ART: THE A.I.A. UNDERGROUND SHOW

... WARTIME EXPERIENCE IN ART THE A.I.A. UNDERGROUND SHOW. THE ARTISTS1 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION has planned many projects to bring works of art to a wider public than that which normally visits art galleries. One of their activities consisted of the organisation of a show of war pictures in the Charing Cross Underground Ticket Hall, which opened on September 16 and closes to-morrow, October 9. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 153 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Pomeroy

... 4b w TlftfwWw 4k -AIYa'J^ tuMVWV I can't say that I enjoy this shortage of cosmetics, but it has made me take a lot more interest in my skin. I find that a little Skin Food helps I to offset the lack of creams, and if I use my other Beauty Products sparingly, I can just about manage. Advice and treatment still available at Jeannetie Salon, 27, Old Bond Street, W. 1. JEANNETTE beavtyWprodvcts ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 77 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... His Greatcoat and Your Overcoat We are authorities on comfort. We take an equally impor tant part in equipping both officers of all the Services and civilians for their common campaign against the chill of winter. Good clothes, faultless tailoring and absolute correctness of detail are in every Austin Reed coat, whether it be of the 'great' or 'over' variety. Service greatcoats, ready for ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 122 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

CHAMPION

... I Champion Sparking Plugs, ensuring utmost engine-efficiency and economy by their unique gas-tight con struction,'*' are doing a work often unseen, more often out of mind, which counts invaluably towards dependable transportation. SPARKING PLUGS k The SILLMENT Seal, exclusive to Champion, prevents gas-leakage. SPARKING PLUG COMPANY LIMITED ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 50 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

Whitbread & Co. Ltd

... Whitbread Co. Ltd. Whitbread Co. Ltd. mine was a lull-blooded effort We can 't all go up ourselves and knock Germany out of the sky, but we can all claim a share in the R.A.F.'s knock-out blows. We shall all be proud to tell our children of the part we played if we put our backs into fighting the war. Kill the fires, guard the countryside, bring food out of the soil, speed the factories yes. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 243 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

COOLING BUOYS ICING THE GULF STREAM TO CHILL THE ENEMY

... . To increase U-boats' difficulties in the Battle of the Atlantic Heath Robinson has planned mine-like cooling-buoys armed with icing apparatus for lowering the Gulf Stream temperature and the enemy's morale N.O.s might find in the drawing inspiration for a new cocktail Atlantique Fjappee DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 58 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations