THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953.
• HOMESIDE PICTORIAL.
MR G. C. Band (left) and Mr W. Westmacott, twe of the small advance party of the British Mount Everest expedition, are seen with a friend at St Pancras Station prior to leaving Tilbury for initia in the liner Stratheden. (Express)
RIGHT: Nurse Evelyn Roberts being congratulated by the Queen Mother, who went to the Westminster Hospital to present prizes to the nursing staff recently. Nurses from the hospital attended the late King George VI during his last operation. (Express)
THE idea of acting Shakespeare tickled the Crazy Gang so much they tried It
out on the stage. They got together specially at the Victoria Palace just before their show, "Ring Out the Bells,” commenced. Picture shows a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with Teddy Knox, Shakespeare (the bust), Bad Flanagan, Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold, (Express)
LEFT: Field Marshal Bir William Slim, who com- manded the 14th Army in Burma during World War Two, opened the Burma Veterans' Club at 7 Hamil- Lon Place, Park Lanc, London, He is scen with singer Vera Lynn at the opening
BELOW: The man who prefers to be called "Stanis- law" full name is C. Francis J. Stanislaw lends his own amateur dramalles company in 0 procession through the City to deliver a Valentine lo the Queen. Stanislaw is an actor, producer and com- poser. (Express)
PICTURE shows the Duke of Edinburgh sharing a joke with young American teachers who are in England for a year on an exchange scheme. It was on his recent visit to the headquarters of the English Speaking Union in Charles Street, -London.~(Express)--
THERE'S more to real horsemanship than knowing how to ride, And these students, girls and men, are seen in the lecture theatre of the Porlock Vale Riding" School at Porlock, Somerset, during a lecture demonstration on correct grooming. (Reuterphoto)
RIGHT: One of the men who helped during the auction held at Denham Studies is geen having lunch ́ in a chair which was used in the film production of "Hamlet." Denham Studios, where Sir Alexander Korda and the Rank Organisation produced some of their best Alms, are to be used as a depot for American forces stationed at Uxbridge and Ruislip. (Express)
LEFT: Kas Prince Mone- lulu, the racing tipster, pictured with his bride-to- be, 39-year-old Marie An- toinette von Vertel, ́ ́ai Yugoslay widow. Monolulu, otherwise Peler Charles McKay, was born in Abys-57 ginia and is 78. He is a. well-known... Aguro English
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THREE months before the magnificent original trundles Its panoplied wayne! through crowded London, a splendid model of the Queen's Coronation Coach is being shown at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia. Five modellers,::: 17: plasterers, three decorators and six joiners spent more than 5,000 hours making, zi the coach. Picture shows finishing touches being applied. (Reuterphoto);, teton
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