THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1956,
HOMESIDE PICTORIAL
THE Duchess of Gloucester, her son, Prince Richard, and Queen Elizabeth's daughter, Princess Anne, look to see where the balloons they have just released are soaring to, but Prince Charles, Anne's brother, is more interested in the way the balloons are filled with gas. Shot was taken at a rectory fcle in Barnwell, where the Royal children were surprise visitors. (Express)
RIGHT: Joan Crawford, well-known filma star (knɛeling), and 20-year- old Heather Sears, 11 London doctor's daughter, who got the chance of lesting in the title role of "The Story of Esther Costello," which Miss Crawford is filming in England. Heather, who earns £10 д week Az repertory, appeared in a television play which Joan Crawford chanced to sec. "That's the girl. She'll be great actress," said
Joan. (Express)
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LEFT: Mrs Eve Bassett, mother of runaway Eng- lish diplomat Guy Bur- gess, is now back in Eng- and after a month-long visit to her son in Russia. She was reluctant to de- scribe her visit to news- men, but stated she heard nothing of her son's fellow runaway, Donald Maclear, Mrs Bassett get. ting off the plane' from Russia. (Express)
FIRST British troop reinforcements for the Mediterranean sail from Portsmouth. Men of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade from Aldershot wave to a shore- bound launch from the deck of the aircraft carrier Theocus. (Express).
EDWARD ALLCARD, hero of two lone Atlantic crossings-on his third he found
a 24-year-old stowaway-has revealed he was secretly married seven months ago. His wife (on right) is Michele Dube, widow of a U.S. airmen killed in a jet plane last year. In centro is her 11-year-old daughter Dona. (Express).
LEFT: Princess Margaret
raised smiles on a rainy parade ground at Col- chester when the umbrella that should have been keeping her dry got left in the rear. So, as she renched the end of the rank, she took it from the Junior officer behind her and carried it herself. The Princess, as Colonel- in-Chief, Was bidding farewell to men of the Suffolk Regiment who were leaving for Cyprus. (Express)
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BELIEVE it or not—this was August Bank Holiday at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. At noon there was an hour's torrential rain. Then came a storm of hailstones which swept down the hills into the lowest part of the town, meeting at Pantiles, the famous walk under tall houses. The road junction was blocked to a depth of four feet; cars and buses had to be dug out with shovels. The fire brigade had more than 40 flood calls. (Express).
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PORTLAND, seven-year-old daughter of actor James Mason, snapped at the press conference she gave in. London 'on arrival from the U.S. for a hollday. Port- land is a most precocious chilld. She earns $1,000 à week as a television star, and is writing her auto- blography, which includes her views on marriage and divorce. (Express)
LEFT: A scene from Yachting Week at Cowes. With spinnakera set, two yachts race through the water. In foreground, in the International Six-Metre Class, is Royal Thames, (Express)
By Ernie Bushmiller
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