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Ferranti Ltd

... , , SURVIVAL or THE FITTEST Whether of man or machine, good reputation is founded upon dependa- (S* bility in service. Certainly I in all things mechanical, f{ the safe rule is to buy i oniy tne reputame product. I The Ferranti Electric Fire has established itself upon its serviceability over long periods of use. For this reason, owners of Ferranti models, bought 5 to 10 years ago, are still ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 105 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... Uniform demands A woman demands from her uniform all those qualities she expects from tailor-made garments. We have been making good clothes for men for many years, and our i customers in the women's services tell us that now they know why their menfolk have always been so enthusiastic i about the Austin Reed Service. A.T.S. Greatcoat £10 13 3 OF REGENT STREET AND PRINCIPAL CITIES Telephone ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 73 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Illustrations 

WIFE OF THE AIR C.-IN-C., INVASION FORCES

... . PORTRAIT BY BERTRAM PARK. A LADY LEIGH-MALLORY is the icife of Air Chief-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh- Mallory, K.C.B. D.S.O.. the Allied Air Commanaer-in-Chief of the Invasion Forces in Europe under General Eisenhower. She was Miss Doris Sauyer, and is the second daughter of the late Mr. Edmund Stratton Sawyer. She works for the Red Cross in London. Sir Trafford was A.O.C.-in-C., Fighter ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 72 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

ANGUILLA'S JOURNEY

... jfj anguTlla^^Iqurney/ 1 By F. G. TURNBULL. IT was in the, last glimmer of dusk that Anguilla, the elver, the little eel, swam with hundreds of her kindred into the Lintie- burn's first tawny pool, cradled in ferns in Elvadale. From her birthplace, 3000 miles away in Atlantic deeps, she had come; and now, when grown to the length and thickness of a pencil, she had reached the most perilous ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1807 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Believe It or Not

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. Believe It or Not. I must be a particularly credulous person, because I have always had a childlike faith in the sea-serpent. I admit that I have never seen him, and possibly I never Shall; but that proves nothing, for I do not consider him half as incredible as some of the things I have seen. Fish, it is true, have always attracted liars but the liars would find it ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2302 | Page: Page 2, 3, 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please forward

... flaw $wm)d By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- Little No-well was christened after the Children's Service on Sunday afternoon. She was given the names of Carol Matilda, but even the Vicar called her Little No-well at the party afterwards, so Faith and the Conductor might have saved themselves the trouble of choosing other names for her. Faith wore powder-blue and looked quite lovely. Lady B. and ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1125 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

Handgrade

... TTcutc^acc f M (Product of Sportowr TTaftcliAaoe f M (Product of Sportown) STREET A roslimic designed fnr nutlil nl sopliisl iratimi, in worsted (lien rliecks in lliree colours. Mode in American tilting in T'o It'u ami ll'o QUALITY CLOTHES Sporlown lid. (I'ulikoK), SI. Margaret's Houxi', tU/25 Wells Slreel, London, W.I Telephone Museum 4455 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 53 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

PROVIDENCE AND THE AIRMAN

... ,* By GEORGE STERN. THE airman smiled to himself. A very satisfactory afternoon-- very satisfactory. Would have been almost perfect but for the interference of that damned Spitfire. And even then Providence had served the Fatherland with a well-placed bank of cloud. How sweetly his engine was running now. Engine built with a German thoroughness which those poor, foolish British and American ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1870 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

Schweppes

... Naval Occasions ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 89 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Illustrations 

SIMPLEX ELECTRIC CO. LTD

... luutd by Issued by Electric HEATING by A slim neat tube beneath the window, in the ball, on the landing or in any cold corner this is Creda Tubular Electric Heating from which you get warmth wherever you want it. Make a nolc for your post-war home. OLDBURY, BIRMINGHAM. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 57 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

BLACK & WHITE

... BLACK WHITE BLACK WHITE B> Appointment A REAL TREAT To men who have an appreciation for fine whisky, a glass of Black and White is always a real treat. Qtstte tfcotC- ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 31 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Illustrations 

'Zwow'

... BBS fV peovi£m7\ _y a y O, there isn't any placket. Nor buttons or other /ft J fasteners on the hips to cause bulki- Yjlj ness or spoil the symmetry of the hip ill line. The now fashionable ZWOW man-style pocket supersedes the old H style placket providing the neatest of neat fasteners on the waistband. GOR-RAY V Mik 'w Skirts in a wide variety of attractive styles feature the ZWOW.' Good ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 88 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Illustrations