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THE HARRIS TWEED ASSOCIATION LTD

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Published: Saturday 19 January 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 14 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

The DOOMED VILLAGE of PEMBROKESHIRE: And Other Items of Home News

... Aniroth, a little village of Pembrokeshire, is spoken of in Wales as the doomed village, for it is in danger of being utterly wiped out by the sea. More than 200 yards of sea-wall have been washed away, and the recent gales have almost finished the defences. Only a few feet remain of a road which ran from the village down to the sea. Many villagers have had narrow escapes from the fury of the ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1109 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DOGS with a MISSION: Alsatian Rescuers in the Alps and Prize Sheepdogs of Wales

... It appears that Alsatian dogs are now to a certain degree replacing the famous St. Bernard breed for rescue work in the Swiss Alps. Dogs, demobilised by the Swiss Army, have been taken over by the Swiss Alpine Club and are receiving a refresher course with rescue squads in the work of retrieving victims buried under avalanches. After locating victims by scent, the dogs are trained to assist in ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 446 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MACDONALD & MUIR LTD

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... QUEEN MARY ENTERS ON HER EIGHTIETH YEAR-- LEAVING WESTMINSTER ABBEY AFTER ATTENDING MORNING SERVICE ON HER SEVENTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY The Queen Mother seen with Canon A. C. Don, the new Dean of Westminster Queen Mary was born at Kensington Palace on May 26, 1867, the eldest child and only daughter of the Duke of Teck and a great-grand- daifghter of George III. On Sunday last the Queen Mother ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 179 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

VICTORY CELEBRATIONS IN BUNYAN'S VILLAGE: Maypole Dancing on the Green in Old Elstow, near Bedford

... The little Bedfordshire village of Elstow, famed as the birthplace of John Bunyan, was en fete last week for its annual May Festival which this year was combined with the village s victory celebrations. During the day thirteen- year-old June Thompson, the newly-crowned Queen of the May, drove round the green in her flower- bedecked car and at the same time the other children of the village ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 153 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DOVE IS IN DEMAND: One of Britain's First Post-War Transport Planes to Flow off the Production Line

... mm I illjV The De Havilland Dove, its trials complete and its specification finalised, is now beginning to flow off the production line, and already purchasers from fifteen countries have come forward to place orders for this £14,000 machine brought out by the De Havilland Company. The Dove is a light feeder-line aircraft incorporating many of the features normally associated with big air ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 201 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE BIG FIGHT IN NEW YORK: A Complete Photographic Sequence of the Knock-out of Bruce Woodcock by Tami Mauriello

... When Bruce Woodcock, the British heavyweight champion, flew back to Britain after his defeat by Tami Mauriello, the accompanying pictures came with him. They depict the closing stages of his fight at Madison Square Garden when, after leading on points and appearing to be heading for a comfortable victory, he was knocked out by a right hook from his hard-hitting opponent. Woodcock is now ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 393 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE ROYAL FAMILY AT HOLYROODHOUSE: And the Great Parade in King's Park, Edinburgh

... CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH THRONG ROUND HOLYROODHOUSE A view of the great crowd which gathered in the forecourt outside the Palace to greet the Royal Family at the start of their week's stay in the Scottish capital. The crowd called repeatedly for the King and Queen, who came to the windows and bowed their acknowledgments. Later there was community singing and an entertainment including pipe music ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 180 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Saturday 06 July 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 9 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

FIRST PICTURES FROM BOMBAY, CAIRO and CALCUTTA

... During the past ten days Bombay, Calcutta and Cairo have been the scenes of rioting and bloodshed, and the most serious incidents have occurred in Bombay, where 12,000 ratings of the Royal Indian Navy went on strike to complain against the slowness of demobilisation and other grievances. Admiral Godfrey, the flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, at once brought a British cruiser and two ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 503 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs