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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY (17,::1952.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL.

MAYPOLE dancing on Elstow Green in Bedfordshire on May 1. The festival is one of the prettiest In Britain and draws large numbers of spectators annually. Elstow is the birthplace of John Bunyan, who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress."

EVERY young drama student's dream has come true for Mauritius-born Maria Braille, who has been chosen to play the coveted role of the bewitching Indian ser- vant girl, Arminah, in "The Planter's Wife," now being made with Claudette Colbert as star. Maria, 22, is listening to Anthony Steel, who also has a big part In the flim, explaining the Bren gun during a 'break. (Reuterphoto)

THE Queen Mother and Princess Margaret leav- ing the St John Wood home of Mr Franz Osborn after a studio party where Mr Osborn played Schubert for his guests, who were also entertained by Miss Kathleen Ferrier, the contralto. (Express)

LEFT: The first mine- watching exercise, to be held since the formation in January of the Royal Naval Mine watching Service, a civilian or- ganisation for the pro- tection of Britain's "waterways" "in" wartime, took place recently at Portsmouth. Here is one member taking the bear- ing of a "mine" and an- other timing it during the exercise. (Reuter- photo)

RIGHT All - round sportsman Denis Comp- ton (left) and John Kyle inodelling new outfits for the televised ahow of the International Wool Secretariat at the Royal Festival Hall (Reuter-

photo)

BELOW: Following their great success last year, the RAOC Boys' Training School at Gos port are again present- ing their Toy Soldier Parade at this year's Royal Tournament. This is a scene during dress rehearsal,

catalytic A working model of the "cat-cracker" cracking unit used in oll refining - now being bulit at the Vacuum Oil Company's new Coryton refinery, as shown at the British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. (Reuterphoto)

MEN of the "Glorious Gloucesters," who won fame on the Imjin River, coming. ashore from assault craft on the beach at Entney during "Exercise Runner ground," "the biggest combined operations undertaken in Britain since the war.

(Central Press)

STUDENT officers at the Military College of Science at Shrivenham are releasing meteorological balloons, six feet in diameter and fitted with radar targets to enable them to plot their course. The balloons carry: parachutes which bring the meteorological instru- ments to earth with the data required when the balloons deflate.

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