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Bacon Aloft

... noticed this large slatted wooden container attached to the ceiling of the room, now a sitting-room, which was once the old kitchen. I was told that this was an old bacon box used in the days when farm-houses cured and stored their own bacon and hams. It ...

Farmers' Second Industry

... be found the holes worn by an early example of what is really the modern spin drier which has been intro duced into many kitchens to help the woman of the house with her washday tasks. The spin drier works on the principle of throwing water off by centrifugal ...

Televison Today: LETTERS - It goes further, James O'Toole

... way Commercials fall down on realism. Detergent spots are notorious for this especially when it comes to kitchens. They ALL imply that EVERY kitchen is large, light and full of modern equipment, including, of course, a washing wchine. Why aren't some of ...

Published: Thursday 25 February 1960
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: 11 | Tags: letter 

Turnspit Dachshunds

... The origin of the dachshund is not very clear some aver that it is related to the old Turnspits, the dogs so excellent in kitchen service, of whom Dr. Caius wrote: When any meat is to be roasted they go into a wheel where they, turning about with the weight ...

Automatic Spits

... visit this kitchen in the Guild Hall at Boston, Lines. From Boston forerunners of the Pilgrim Fathers began their emigration and in the Guild Hall they were imprisoned and tried when taken from a ship off-shore. Oxford. F. E. E. Spits in the kitchen of the ...

To the Editor of The Stage: WHY ACTORS WON'T GO ON TOUR

... member of the company with which I am touring was charged £7 for a double bed room with the minimum of com fort and the use of kitchen, in a district where the rent for the whole house couldn't have been more than 30/-. In Liverpool, an actress was so badly ...

Published: Thursday 06 October 1960
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 365 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter 

To the Editor of The Stage: 'KITCHEN SINK'

... over Drama's destinies for so many centuries. Will any gentleman, or any lady, be so kind as to pull out the plug of the kitchen sink and let the suds of salao't y and stupidity go down the drain? Mat C. Bryne. 13, Taunton Avenue,. S.W.20. ...

Published: Thursday 02 March 1961
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter 

To the Editor of The Stage: 'KITCHEN SINK'

... 'KITCHEN SINK' SIR,--I was interested in Yoti Lane's article on the present controversey regarding modern playwrghts especially her reference to Coward and Rattigan. The latter recently contributed an excellent article in one of our national newspapers ...

Published: Thursday 02 March 1961
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter 

To the Editor . of The Stage: Shabby Triangle

... triairgle affair. Ray Rigby is the author of this shabby drama, which rs cleverly set in a divided stage1, the wife's bedroom and kitchen on two levels separated by an outside alleyway from the Sat of the girJ. Michael Hunt, in a strong North Country accent, was ...

Published: Thursday 27 April 1961
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 18 | Tags: letter 

New Kitchen Sink Public

... New Kitchen Sink Public CIR, I am writing to say how much I agree with your leader commenting on my use of the words boom in the theatre. In self-defence I must tell you that the word was used in the form of a question by a journalist who asked: Do ...

Published: Thursday 21 September 1961
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter 

Grey Squirrel

... these little crea tures must be seeking sanctuary in the Greater London area. I enclose a photo graph of one that visits our kitchen daily. These in this district, however, must have inbred with the true red squirrel as they not only have a broad band of ...

To the Editor of The Stage: End of the Pier

... and I fail to remember the late Fred Karno, or the Army contemplating actions for libel. I am also given to understand that Kitchen Sinks and Lavatories, both practical neces sities, find themselves uninsultcd at being coupled with Drama and Humour. Forty ...

Published: Thursday 15 November 1962
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter