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YOUNG PEOPLE'S DANCE

... MORE than seven hundred guests enjoyed this very successful dance, of which the Marquesa Casa Maury was chairman. It was' held in aid of the Feathers Clubs. I Above, left: Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Patrick de Laszlo and their children Stephanie and Damon. Above, right: James and Michael Denison-Pender. Left Miss Glenna Critchley and Mr. Peter Beck. A. V. Swacbe. ...

Published: Wednesday 11 January 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 64 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SILVRO MANUFACTURING CO. LTD

... SILV80 H X N U f A C I U 8 I N C CO LTD SILVRO MANUFACTURING CO LTD I Made from the very finest quality British woven and satin-striped poplins, rayons and ceylons, Bonsoir Pyjamas I have a distinction and quality that are incomparable. I LONDON TAILORED I PYJAMAS LONDON, M. 16 I m i i ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 58 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

FLIGHT TO VIENNA

... -j; WE flew from Prestwick in Pan American's new D.C.70, which has just been brought into service and created a transatlantic record on its first flight. There is surprisingly little engine noise, and, lying back in a tip-up seat, one feels insulated from the real world by the new cloud-world that lies above it. We had climbed from the gloom of a grey day up through the cloud mists, and now ...

Published: Wednesday 20 June 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1213 | Page: Page 36, 37 | Tags: Photographs 

IT'S INTUITION THAT COUNTS

... Mrs. Dorothy Hartman, diminutive and fragile as a Dresden figure, says it is woman's intuition that has served her best in her successful career as top executive in the motor business. by JUDY FALLON A WOMAN who is chairman and managing director of a car firm would suggest a picture of a steel-muscled racing-car driver, with windswept hair, and an air of being more at home in overalls than any ...

Published: Wednesday 20 June 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1132 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Photographs 

WE WELCOME THE ADVANCED DRIVING TEST.

... WE WELCOME THE ADVANCED DRIVING TEST says WILLIAM HARTLEY A GREAT deal is being said just now about the scheme for an Advanced Driving Test. The Institute of Advanced Motorists, a non-profit-making organisation, has been formed with the object of establishing among road-users a safe system of driving with concentration as the keynote. Those who offer themselves for the test will certainly have ...

Published: Wednesday 20 June 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1702 | Page: Page 58, 59 | Tags: Photographs 

BARON TAKES TEA WITH THE LADY DOUGLAS OF KIRTLESIDE

... BARON TAKES TEA WITH THE EADY DOUGLAS OF KIRTLESIDE The Lady Douglas of Kirtleside, wife of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, G.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., poses for a characteristic study by eminent photographer, Baron, in the sitting room of their modern flat in London. Lord Douglas was Com mander-in-Chief of Fighter and Coastal Commands during the war. Later he was British ...

Published: Wednesday 20 June 1956
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 275 | Page: Page 63 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Nylons

... 1 Do you dread the cold weather? Have you found yourself lately feeling the cold perhaps more than you used to? Ever caught yourself thinking that keeping warm was hard enough, but staying smart as well was an uphill struggle? If you have, there's a new kind of nylons in the shops which you ought to look at Crepe nylons. They have great warmth and comfort: they really do protect your feet and ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1957
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 143 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

UNION-CASTLE

... The Beach at Durban The sun, the sights, the thrills of a South African Holiday Take advantage of the greatly reduced First Class return fares to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, or Durban during April, May and June, 1957, with the option of return by any mailship during August, September or October. Special reduced return fare to Cape Town of £200 First Class by Stirling Castle from ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1957
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 109 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

TERRY TOWELLING

... Hand Printed nJ/ U 36 wide wb commute hMiqe ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1957
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 19 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

MIRANDA AND SABRINA GUINNESS

... All dressed up and ready for a recent children's party were the two- year-old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Guinness. Their father, son of the late Sir Arthur Guinness and of Lady Guinness, is a partner in the family bank, and has a farm in Berkshire, at Mattingley. This photograph was taken at the Guinness's lovely house in Chelsea Photograph by David Sim ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1957
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 69 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ENGAGEMENTS

... Be/ow Miss Anne Hardie, elder daughter of Lieut.-Colonel I. G. G. S. Hardie, DSO, and Mrs. Hardie, of Chesham, Bucks, who is to marry John, youngest son of the Very Rev. C. C. and Mrs. Thicknesse, of Porlock, Somerset Vandyk Lady Zinnia Denison, only daughter of the late Earl of Londesborough and the Countess of Londesborough, of 55 Brompton Square, S.W.3, and Hamble- ton Hall, Oakham, whose ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1957
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 205 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs