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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1953.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL

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IN commemoration of the 2nd Battalion, The Beds. and Herts. Regiment, being the last to leave Dun- kirk in 1940, the Mayors of Dunkerque (M. Paul Asseman) and Ver-sur-Mer (M. J. Rennaux-Baran) attended a recruits' passing-out parade at the Regi- mental Depot at Kempston Barracks, Bedford. Pic- ture shows M. Asseman placing a wreath on the Regimental memorial. (Army News)

LONDON actress Dorothy Tulln failed to find a sultable flat, so she bought a converted landing craft. It is now moored in the Thames at Chelsen. Every morning she is painting and redecorating the in- terior, and Mias Tutin hopes to move in goon. The landing craft, 40 feet long, has a galley, a cabin and a lounge. (Express)

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LEFT: Actor Michael Wilding and wife Elizabeth Taylor say goodbye to eight month-old Michael outside their Grosvenor Square flát be- fre leaving for London Airpirt to take a plane for Rome. They are going GR n tour of Europe. Michael is too young for such a strenuous trip and is being left behind in charge of a nurse. (Cen-. tral)

SQUADRON Leader Neville Duke, Britain's ace test pilot, takes of in his flame. red Hawker Hunter Jet- from Tongmere RAF airfteld in his bid to break the world air speed record. He smashed it with an average speed over four runs of 727.6 miles per hour. On one lap he touched 738.8 miles per hour. Right": Duke and his wife Gwen smile happily after he had

touched down, (Express)

RIGHT: Film actress Yvonne de Carlo enjoying grissini Italian bread slicks at the Pleasantries Club,

London, where she cele- brated her birthday recent. ly. Her dress is of white wool embroidered with diamante. Miss Carlo made and designed the dress herself. (Express)

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BELOW: The Royal En- gineers Transportation Centre al Longmoor, Hants, has just celebrated its 50th anniversary. held an "Open Day" to mark the occasion, and special treats were put on for the children. Picture shows a fork lifter being put to the novel use of giving rides. (Army News)

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Goat @Major - David Brooks seen with ' "Sospan 1," the new mascot of The Welch Regiment, after it was handed over at the London Zoo. It will

take part in all cere. monial parades of the Regiment.

DELOW: The pic furesque village of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, which has won the 'Bledisloe Cup for the best kept village in England. The Cup Is competed for annually.

BELOW: Rifleman H. Payne, Royal Ulster Rifles, comes off the plane in a stretcher on arrival home at Lyneham, Wilts., aero- drome. He is from Hull. Seven British ex-prisoners of war from Korea were flown home in the same aircraft.

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