... >RINCE CHARLES OF EDINBURGH IN THE ARMS OF NURSE HELEN ROWE With the birth of Prince Charles the Royal family gathering this year involved four generations. Because of the King's arterial trouble, which prevented him from going to Sandringham, there was a Christmas Day party at Buckingham Palace, and it was from the Palace that the King made his usual Christmas Day broadcast to the nation. ...

... amfliH BUILDING MATERIAL CROWDS BLITZED CLOISTER COURT Another scene within the precincts of Parliament and away from the public eye. From Parliament Square it is impossible to see any of the intense building activity now proceeding, as the New Palace Yard facade was left intact in the blitz which destroyed the House of Commons Chamber. On the right is the Offertory where King Charles I signed ...

... NEW YORK IN WINTER'S GRIP-- HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW COINCIDED WITH THE APPROACH OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS: Left-- Children gazing at the lighhi Christmas-tree on Park Avenue during the snowstorm, which swept the whole of the North-Eastern United States. Right Cars in a Brooklyn street complete shrouded after 20 ins. of snow had fallen. The snowfall was the third heaviest in New York's history, ...

... HHnHlllHi ■■HI THE GUARDS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL CAROL SERVICE Guardsmen leading the procession into the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, where the service was attended by Queen Mary on the Sunday before Christmas. Music was provided by the Royal Horse Guards Band, and the choir was that of the Welsh Guards. During the week-end before the holiday Christmas music drew thousands to the ...

... nKMappMH 1 Jhe Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Navigation, sponsors of the Navigation Through the Ages Exhibition, have timed their display well, for there must be thousands of schoolboys who will take the opportunity of seeing the exhibition in the course of the Christmas holidays. It is a fascinating display, including the astrolabes and Portulan charts of earlier days, and ...

... ■HI r SOMETHING NEW IN GUNNERY TARGETS--THE OQ-I9A IS INTRODUCED AT THE WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO, TO TEST U ACCURACY OF AMERICAN GUNNERS Left The machine on its launching rail before take-off. In the cradle beneath the fuselage is a Rocket to biost t 4 take-off speed. Right The OQ-I9A travelling down its 60-ft. runway before soaring into the air, where it can be controlled ...

... I WONDER when any of you last went to the British Museum? My own recent visit, up to this week, was in 1922 when I was investigating a well-authenticated story that the police constables on duty there refused to enter the Egyptian mummies' room during the night because one of the mummies was said to be more than somewhat unlucky. Full of Christmas bonhomie, the other day X telephoned the ...

... MOTHER-IN-LAW LOVE IN A CORNISH HOUSE Anne Leon, Gertrude Lawrence and Michael Gough in a dramatic scene from the first act of Daphne du Maurier's new play, September Tide, at the Aldwych Theatre GERTRUDE LAWRENCE RETURNS TO THE LONDON STAGE IN DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S NEW PLAY, SEPTEMBER TIDE She takes the part of Stella Martyn, and the play concerns her love for her young artist son-in-law. ...

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... -X m f A 1£ By Guy Livingston. LESS true with each succeeding year is the old idea that learning, for most people, ends with schooldays. Under present- day arrangements for further education anyone can be a student at any age if he (or she) cares to go back to school after the day's work. And a lot of people do. This winter, well over a million men and women are getting home late in the ...

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