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... Essex Pigs Averages Higher Than Ever rE Society's Autumn Show and Sale at Chelmsford was even more successful than usual. There were 120 entries and exceptionally keen competition at the ring side. The 105 lots sold averaged-£47 13s. 4d. all round this was the highest average recorded at the fixture. Winners not shown in the illustrations were Mr.' J. Osborn's boar, Abbess King, -and Cambridge ...
... Mrs. Thomas Skryme and Her Children Mrs. Skryme is the wife of Major Thomas Skryme, R.A., who is at present serving overseas. Their home is Sagamore, ShipIake-on-Thames, and they have tivo small daughters, seen here with their mother. Carolyn, the elder, is three, and the baby, Diana, was born last March. Mrs. Skryme is the second daughter of Sir Leonard Lyle, Bt., M.P. for Bournemouth, and ...
... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Hesketh Joues Y utile Barkley F/0. Robert Christopher Hesketh Jones R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jones, of Epping Place, Epping, married Theodora Margaret Yuille Barkley, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. Yuille Barkley, of Wood- croft, Weybridge, at St. Mark's, North A wlley Street Roell Kessler Jonkhecr Theodoor Roell, Assistant Trade ...
... HE MOTOR INDUSTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN I ...
... The suit in use No. I Always remember this when donning your WINDAK flying suit (official ly known as SUIT BUOYANT). Brace as high as possible and remove all weight from the shoulder points, the jacket is comfortably bloused and everything sits easily. This is one of the many points which make WINDAK the ace of operational flying suits. Every requirement has been provided for: electric ...
... The best news since war began crept over the countryside by word of mouth, since few have time to listen to the 6 o'clock news these days. Country folk tuned-in in vain for jubilant confirmation, but the B.B.C., in English, at least, remained dumb. Then, just before nine, the first church bells rang out across the darkening meadow it was true. Those glad notes we could not photo graph except ...
... HOW THE EIGHTH ARMY INVADED Scenes on the Mainland of Italy as British and Canadian Troops Went Ashore just before the Capitulation was Announced GENERAL MONTGOMERY HIMSELF WITNESSED THE DISEMBARKATION Saluting his troops from an armoured vehicle as they passed through a street in Reggio on the way to the interior of Calabria BRITISH TROOPS ARE CHEERED BY ITALIAN CIVILIANS as they march ...
... A S soon as Italy's capitulation was announced, speculation began as to the future disposition of the Fleet which still remained to the fallen nation. Losses amongst this Fleet, after three years and more of war, have been heav> mainly as the result of the two big naval actions of the Mediterranean war, at Taranto and Matapan ne*iertheless, a good number of first-class vessels remain. These ...
... ()nly a period of sixteen days separated the entry into Messina (August 17) from the secret signing of the Armistice with Italy (September 3). For those luckier troops stationed on or near the shores of Sicily this meant an interlude for occasional sport and for bathing in the sunny blue waters of the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas. At I aormma and such-like tourist resorts, there were proper ...
... WAR WORK ON THE HOME FRONT Better Supplies of Stockings and Wine and Some Recent Pictures of Scenes in the Factories and Mines IHE FIRST OF THE 50,000 VOLUNTEER COAL-MINERS Some of the fourteen-year-old boys at work below ground in the Markham Main Colliery in Yorkshire, fifty thousand boys are required for the coal-mines of Britain before April 1945. In response to the Government's appeal, a ...
... THE ever-increasing popularity of the Suffolk horse is leading to the keenest competition for him. Buyers from all over England and Wales attend the sales and the number of pure-breds now in the Stud Book shows how the breed is forging ahead. In order to assist new breeders in choosing their stallions, mares and foals, Sport and Country has selected typical specimens at source-- Suffolk-bred. ...
... TN 1924 Mr. J. H. -1- Dorrington pur chased the 316-acre Dunsby Farm at a very reasonable price for potato-growing land in the fens. Since then, by judicious pur chases, Mr. Dorrington has increased the size of his holding to 900 acres. He has brought the land into first-class condition and reno vated the house and' farm buildings. The main crops are those of the district potatoes and wheat ...