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MY PAST WAS AN EVIL RIVER

... MY PAST WAS AN EVIL RIVER. By George Millar. How different is Mr. George Millar's picture of the days immediately following the cessation of hostilities! The Americans are in control of an Austrian valley, but it is an ineffective control-- at least, to begin with-- and no one quite knows where he stands. The narrator is Gustave, a Frenchman who has escaped from Dachau; an ex-waiter, he has ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 603 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

B O A C

... BO AC BOAC Meet the Pilots Soon, on your travels, you will be meeting our Pilots. But since you are never likely to meet them all, let us introduce them en bloc all six hundred and forty. Does it surprise you that there are so many? It need not. To-day they are flying 450,000 miles a week, carrying 4,500 passengers on the B.O.A.C. Speedbird Routes. And a year from now, these figures may look ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 178 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: And Many of Them!

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. And Many of Them So here is 1947, creeping along towards the half- twentieth century, and may it be a good year for you and, as far as that goes, a good century too. It has been somewhat troublous up to date, but perhaps not more (in proportion) than most centuries of history, with the exception of two or three. The late Mr. Hardcastle expressed a proverbial ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1742 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... YOU'RE QUITE SURE IT WAS TO-DAY? DRAWN BY H. H. HARRIS. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE SCREEN

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. WELL, here we are at the end of another film year. I had every intention of taking part to-day in the old tribal rites of the season; joining with my fellow-elders in acclaiming the fairest and the noblest performers; crowning with laurel the six or ten or twelve best pictures of the year. But when I sit down scrupulously with a pencil and paper and an old diary, and try to ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1495 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Illustrations 

CITY NOTES: OUR STROLLER IN THROGMORTON STREET

... CITY NOTES, OUR STROLLER IN THROGMORTON STREET. HUL-LO! exclaimed the broker. Who in the world would have thought of seeing you This is indeed a pleasant surprise. Where have you been all this long, long time? Our Stroller for it was none other than he said that his activities over the past seven years had been many and various, but that he was passing through London and couldn't resist ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1183 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

Sanderson's

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Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 48 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

... GENTLE INDULGENCE When at last the day's work is done, you naturally feel you have earned a little pampering. You pull your favourite chair a few inches nearer the fire. You arrange a stool for your feet, a cushion for your head. Y ou settle back. Ha And as the evening wears on, your tired body calls for still further indulgence-- a soothing glass of Horlicks. What a comfort it is! How ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 215 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

SAXONE SHOE COMPANY LIMITED

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Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 45 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

Crockett & Jones

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Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 64 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 68 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

DEBENHAM & FREEBODY

... DEBENHAM FREEBODY DEBENHAM FREEBODY EVENING elegance in crepe, discreetly embroidered with sequins. In Pastel shades and Black. Model Gowns First Floor (7 coupons) £15.15.0 WIGMORE ST. LONDON, W.I LANcham 4444 (Dehenham* Ltd.) ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 32 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations