 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Antiques and Collecting: Daggers to die for.(Features)
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Byline: Richard Edmonds
It was probably the 1960s film Lawrence of Arabia, which started it all with Peter O'Toole impersonating T E Lawrence very successfully.
In previous years thousands of people had read Lawrence's book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom which was written after his experiences, both military and emotional, in the Arab campaigns running from 1914 onwards.
Some people may or may not have agreed with Lawrence's colleague, the Hon Aubrey Herbert, who recorded his first impressions of him in 1914, describing Lawrence as 'an odd gnome - ...
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Simonstown
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The
; ...or even better, photos, of them in Simonstown, South Africa, when their parents...and in January this year went to the Simonstown Museum and had a long chat with the...is writing a book on the history of Simonstown and its naval base, and the very strong...
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Profile: Colony of penguins moves into Simonstown, South Africa
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; ...Profile: Colony of penguins moves into Simonstown, South Africa Host: STEVE INSKEEP...upscale South African seaside village of Simonstown. Within a few years, thousands of...government declared the area around Simonstown's beach a national park and put up...
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Tender Notice: Simonstown Procurement Service Centre Seeks Coverall Trousers (South Africa)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; SIMONSTOWN, South Africa, March 2 -- Simonstown Procurement Service Centre said it was soliciting supply of coverall trousers (2-piece coverall) as per san 024.various sizes. Bidding type is an international competitive bidding. The tender...
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Tender Notice: Simonstown Procurement Service Centre Seeks Garrison Cap (South Africa)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; SIMONSTOWN, South Africa, March 2 -- Simonstown Procurement Service Centre said it was soliciting supply of garrison cap as per SAN 178 (3000 each). Bidding type is an international competitive bidding. The tender notice no. is SPSC-B...
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Tender Notice: Simonstown Procurement Service Centre Seeks Shirts, Service Dress (South Africa)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; SIMONSTOWN, South Africa, March 2 -- Simonstown Procurement Service Centre said it was soliciting supply of shirts men's' long sleeved, service dress as per SAN 044. Bidding type is an international competitive bidding. The tender notice...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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GAA: O'DOWD IS STAR OF THE SKYRNE IN ROYAL FINALE; SIMONSTOWN GAELS 0-07 SKYRNE 1-09.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...manager Mick O'Dowd, who scored 1-4 in the first half. Simonstown were losing their second final in a row and this defeat was...0-1), J. Gibbons (0-1), J. Jordan (0-1). SIMONSTOWN: S. O'Neill (0-2); N. Kearney (0-1); E. Kelly...
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GAA: BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT; FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER: MONAGHAN v MEATH, TODAY, 4.15 Kelly and Co face their date with destiny in Clones but it should have been a Leinster final.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...behind him by moving to the progressive Simonstown Gaels earlier this year and his native...same if they were in my position. "Simonstown was the obvious club to go to. They...week." Evan Kelly Factfile CLUB: Simonstown Gaels AGE: 29 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT...
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Death of Mary Kingsley.(explorer of West Africa)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...of-war in the Palace Barracks in Simonstown. When she arrived, a doctor named...all my days as the Palace Hospital, Simonstown.' `Whether I shall come up out of...gun carriage. Arriving at the pier at Simonstown, the coffin was transferred with all...
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Sprekende van God.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today
; ...a seventeenth-century Dutch engineer's designation of Simonstown as just such a harbor, unlike the dangerous Table Bay...harbor for landing." Walters also happens to have retired in Simonstown. Barend J. Toerien Cape Town
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Arthur Baldwin
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post
; ...selected to go to South Africa to take charge of the expansion of the Simonstown Naval Base, the lynchpin of the Royal Navy in the South Atlantic. Amongst other buildings in Simonstown, he built a dental hospital and also a prison. Vi had accompanied...
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