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THE BIRMINGHAM POST TUESDAY MAY 2 1950 A RADIO REVIEW W icier of T elevision Programmes By Our Correspondent ..

... original mural tablet at King Edward VI Grammar School Aston recording the names of the Old Boys who lost their lives in second World War will be unveiled by the Rev W E Wilkinson Canon Ripon Cathedral Saturday at 630 pm After the unveiling there be a meeting ...

Published: Tuesday 02 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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John’s 50 films

... continual alteration between the live and the shadow stages. We saw him at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, shortly after the second world war, when he appeared with Angela Baddeley and Oliver Johnston (the former “ Rep.” player) in Ibsen’'s classic, “A Doll's ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1950
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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The bill: £130,000

... It is a story of human problems confronting American airmen based !n Britain for daylight bombing missions during the Second World War. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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Struggled through

... Struggled through “We struggled through,” said the son, ‘“and business was recovering when along came the second World War. “Then, in 1946, we once more had a chance to build up business. Since then we have gone right ahead.” ‘“More ‘peerage’ brassware ...

Published: Friday 05 May 1950
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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Benefactor

... Benefactor During the second world war, Sir Peter, who had long before become chairman and joint managing director of the firm of Joseph Lucas which employs today 35,000 workers made through that firm and personally a great contribution to the national ...

Published: Friday 05 May 1950
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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NO U.S. HOLIDAY FOR JACQUELINE

... an American organisation whose 375,000 members are the wives or widows of Servicemen who fought during the first and second world wars on foreign soil. ...

Published: Saturday 06 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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six ttV 7 SHE HAS A SECRET FILM PRODUCTION CLUB RUN BY YOUNG PEOPLE Mrs A Porter of 48 Soymour

... photographs mounted in a large frame and prominently displayed of all the men of Yelvertoft who served in the First or Second World Wars Mr Jenkins1 who was once assistant chaplain to a Scottish prison was one of the pioneers about 45 years ago of the probation ...

Published: Sunday 07 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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to second victory

... pinch since the last get people talking like that you tour of England in 1939 when the know that the cricket has been second world war cloud distracted spc rtsmen's thoughts from their games. We also know. to our own sorrow. how the good intentions of ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1950
Newspaper: Sports Argus
County: Warwickshire, England
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npl his bpace ravel heory rpHE world’s first inter-- planetary travel opened in New York recently More than 200 ..

... more detail our sister planets This has been made possible in large measure by the development of the rocket during the second world war The technical problem has been send a projectile into space beyond the earth's gravitation pull On February 24 1949 the ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1950
Newspaper: Erdington News
County: Warwickshire, England
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Despatch Man’s Diary Famous dancer in a new role

... turned his attention to dancing and once he got his feet firmly on the road to fame his progress was meteoric. When the Second World War broke out he rejoined the Forces—in the R.A.S.C.—and did some fine work in India. But an injury sustained there has left ...

Published: Monday 15 May 1950
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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by Roy Gordon Despatch Man’s Diary Big event of Sutton’s social season

... became adjutant to Group Capt. Bonham Carter when the RN.A.S, and the RF.C. were merged to become the R.AF, WHEN the Second World War broke out in 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Navy and served in West Africa and Ceylon. In the came 3 -ar his brother ...

Published: Friday 19 May 1950
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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His influence

... British CJmrnonwealth owes General Smuts an incalculable debt for the way in which he assumed power at the outbreak of the Second World War, when the question of South African participation was in the balance. and took her along the path of duty and honour ...

Published: Wednesday 24 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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