I PALACE HOTEL • WENGEN 1 § § Leading in the Jungfrau region.— A first-class Hotel with personal atmosphere. Write for this winter's SPECIAL ALL-INCLUSIVE TERMS during JANUARY FRITZ BORTER and FAMILY Same proprietors :— VILLA MAGLIASINA- Magliaso § The delightful, small first-class Hotel on the Golf Course of Lugano § Page One su-m 0»*£i# ^ round EIGERGLETSCHER KLEINE SCHEIDEGG LAUBERHORN • MANNLICHEN WENGEN THANKS TO THE FAVOURABLE SEASON AND SPECIAL TICKETS Ask for the NEW SKI-ING GUIDE BY CHR. RUBI, WENGEN obtainable from Head Office, Interlaken, against one International Reply Coupon. WENOERNALP + JUNGFRAU RAILWAYS Page Two INTERLAKEN-SWITZERLAND rts vnmei* Spo In the Winter Sports Shop at Harrods you'll find the best of everything you need for your trip to the snowy slopes. Ski expert Lotti Smith is here to help you choose your kit and set you on the right track for the most successful winter holiday yet. HARRODS LTD LONDON SWI Page Three illllll!!llll!l!lli:H[llllllllllllllllllllllll!!liii!l[l!!li[l!!:illlllllllllllllllll]!l!!ii!UIIII llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllltillilBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHEp GORDON LOWES RENDEZVOUS for SKIERS Make our friendly shop your half-way house to the Snows, where expert advice for seniors and juniors on Clothes and Equipment is always available. Among special features are the Head and Kurz Ski, latest Elastic Vorlages, after-Ski wear, Italian boots and Hiring Scheme. Send your Ski early for relacquering, new bindings, edges, etc. Write for our popular Catalogue " TO THE SNOWS" Prompt Mail Order Service 21-23, Brompton Arcade Knightsbridge, London S.W.3 =g Norwegian Fisherman's Sweater in oiled wool Phone: KENsington 4494/5/6 Cables Gorlowe: London §| 3 45/-. Wool Cap 12/6. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllil 1 CL homely Motet in a tooeinf place.: CTEL ILfiERHOKIM * WEMGEM Central position with best view Next to station and sports trains Modern comfort :: Fine cooking The Wengen cosy corner Afternoon and evening dances ^ (Lay, time id Sllft-eH,ho%ti time I Page Vour enjoy Swiss Care Winter Sports! A flight on the daily Tourist " Super Swiss " from London to Zurich is an unforgettable experience : wonderful Swiss food . every personal need attended to before you ask ... in fact, the comfort and service which you expect of a Swiss hotel. Winter Night Tourist fares :— London/Zurich £20 2s. Od. Return London/Geneva and Basle - - £18 19s. Od. Return LONDON . MANCHESTER . GLASGOW . DUBLIN The ' Ramy-Securus' Binding Great interest has been shown recently among ski-ing experts in various types of release bindings — and ever in the fore­ front of new developments in ski equipment, Lillywhites are proud to present this season the 'Ramy-Securus' release binding. rC The Winter Sports catalogue is published in It is just one of the many mid-October and copies will be sent post free on request. interesting items of equipment illustrated and fully described in our colourful and comprehen­ sive Winter Sports catalogue. PICCADILLY CIRCUS, LONDO N, S . W . 1 EDINBURGH and BOURNEMOUTH Page Five THE MEETING PLACE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE D.H.O. CLUB AND THE WENGEN SKI CLUB mini IIIIIIII ••mi nun jlimi HUH III III •••• •it ••• 411) ml "IIIII 111m n r HI mini hmill llliilll •mil urn nun mm (••I limn •mil GASTUBE NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION EXCELLENT LAGER BEER Cable Railway WENGEN— MANNLICHEN The Mannlichen Terrace is the starting point of the MOST BEAUTIFUL SKI RUN IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND with a drop in altitude of 4,500 ft. over a distance of about 7 miles > Baumann, Wengei Combined Abonnements with the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways :— 1. One Day Tickets—frs. 13.50. 2. Kilometre Tickets with 100 coupons—frs. 17. 3. Personal Season Ticket, 8 days, frs. 58—Valid for Lauterbrunnen—Wengen— Scheidegg—Eigergletscher, Grindelwald—Scheidegg and Wengen—Mannlichen. Tickets Nos. 1, 2 and 3 give 50% reduction from Eigergletscher to Jungfraujoch; ticket No. 3 also gives 50% reduction on the lines: Grindelwald—first; Grindelwald— Zweiliitschinen—Lauterbrunnen and Lauterbrunnen—Miirren—Allmand. Page Six fly BEA TO THE SNOW — Ski-ing, skating, toboganning, bobbing, tailing, curling. Too wonderful to waste any time on the way And you don't if you fly. BEA speeds you there in carefree comfort — baggage and all. Flights from the principal cities of Great Britain connect with frequent services to the pick of Europe's mountain resorts. Ask your Travel Agent or BEA office for further details and reservations. BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS £XC/T/A/G idvcosr MMTER IN FRANCE SPORTS FROM £29.15.0 SPECIAL RATES AT HOTELS IN NORWAY FROM £20.10.0 NEW INCLUSIVE OFFERS IN GERMANY FROM £23.12.6 SEE NEW WINTER SPORTS PROGRAMME obtainable from Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Dept. H/1/OZ, Berkeley St., London, W.1, or from any branch. Page Seven Hotel Hetropole FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN CENTRAL POSITION \ PETER'S RESTAURANT 4 Most Modern New Grill Room and Bar PETER LEHMANN, Proprietor MOLITOR • WEN6EN Featuring the Finest in BOOTS • CLOTHING SKIS ' ACCESSORIES Hire of SKIS, STICKS, BOOTS, SKATES and LUGES KARL MOLITOR A Sports Shop where Skiers may be assured to be properly and stylishly outfitted by well qualified personnel Paw Eight /\~ \v CALLING II Happy Announcement. Back again are two more features which helped to make LUNNS' Winter Sports Holidays so popular before the war . CHARTERED WINTER SPORTS TRAINS : Ind-CLASS TRAVEL & COUCHETTES FOR 3rd-CLASS FARES : AND NOW IN ADDITION DEFERRED PAYMENTS IF REQUIRED . Thus, LUNNS keep up their tradition—which as originators of WINTER SPORTS HOLIDAYS they established over 60 years ago—for smooth travel, comfortable accommodation and all those extras that ensure a perfect holiday ... We look forward to making your arrangements again. SEND FOR LUNNS' FULLY ILLUSTRATED AND INFORMATIVE WINTER SPORTS PROGRAMME OF MONEY-SAVING, HAPPY AND COMPLETE WINTER HOLIDAYS to (Dept. D.O.) .... 172 NEW BOND STREET, Sir Henry Lunn LONDON, W.I. ** LIMITEI I TiA I ~T Cr D f~t Telephone: MAYfair 84444 or consult your LUNN agent Begin your WINTER SPORTS Holiday at KIMPTONS —just send for KIMPTONS Winter Sports Catalogue—select your requirements and post your order to them—you will be delighted with the excellent service—the dependable quality of all their goods—the economical prices and not least the personal service and prompt despatch of your order Vorlages from 65/-, Ski Boots from 99/6, Ski Socks from 7/6, Ski Mitts from 18/11, Anoraks, Wind Jackets, etc. WINTER SPORTS CATALOGUE POST FREE Sole Distributors in Great Britain for Famous KIMPTONS MOLITOR-WENGEN Swiss Ski Boots (r?^) NEWPORT, Mon. Page Nitte CHOICE OF SIXTY RESORTS IN FEATURING AUSTRIA Independent Holidays by rail and air. GERMANY Swiss Parties for novices. ITALY Swiss, Austrian & Norwegian holidays for Intermediate skiers. Swiss & Austrian Spring Ski Tours NORWAY A New and novel holiday, 12 days—12 resorts. SWITZERLAND Dog Sleigh Ski Tours in Norway. Also Special Supplement on the 1956 OLYMPIC GAMES Winter Olympics, Cortina & Equestrian Games, Stockholm XVI Olympiad, Melbourne. SPECIALISTS IN SPORTING TRAVEL Official Agents to . The Ski Club of Great Britain The Central Council of Physical Recreation. United Kingdom Representatives for The 1956 Winter Olympic Games. WORLD SPORT AND TRAVEL SERVICE (Proprietors: LAIRDWAYS LTD.) 198-199, SLOANE STREET, LONDON, S.W.I. Tel: SLO 7242/3 ' Sure the next train has gone ten minutes ago."—Punch 1871 This and scores of other quota­ tions giving remarkably low prices of WINTER SPORTS GLACIER holidays. For example: third- class travel with second-class CREAM couchettes at only 19/- extra A protective cream for skiers, moun­ taineers and those exposed to concentrated ultra-violet rays either direct from the sun or reflected off snow. • ISCHGL, Austria, 15 days PRICES £25 . 14 . 6 NORMAL, non-greasy, for altitudes up to 6,000 feet, 2/9 a tube. HIGH ALTITUDE, greasy, for use over • WENGEN, Switzerland 6,000 feet and also in severe con­ ditions, 3/9 a tube. From all Chemists or direct (Postage £35 .12.6 6d. extra) from: SAVORY & MOORE LTD. • In the WINTER PROGRAMME of . 143 New Bond Street, London, W.I. The Wayfarers Travel Agency Ltd. (Dept. 0.2) By Appointment To HUM. Chemists The Queen 20 Russell Square, W.C.I. Telephone : LANGHAM 8222 Page Ten LONGSHES Watches are precious as time t Gold iSKr. Fr. 750.- Steel Fr- 350.- Swiss Francs In a lizard-skin portofolio Official Agent : , SCHERTENLEIB WATCHMAKER WENGEN and INTERLAKEN Agent for :— VACHERON & CONSTANTIN Bm Selection of JAEGER LcCOULTRE o INTERNATIONAL WATCH COY. Jewellery and Watches ROLEX WATCH COY. LONGINES WATCH COY. UNIVERSAL WATCH COY. MOVADO, TISSOT, CYMA, ZODIAC Page Eleven - X. V ^ - s - \ : o'^ijS! f^S T I^^WP^^B 1 x ^H|H^ i_|bii_;'- 1 ^g^MSH^.i£*J«fc^ . *t^ . ty—33S -_.._E_ i in ***^- l, w . sj - r- .. ' iBp* •* - -• 3 <*•».,,' t*> • '* ' s ^Kmm •^3^3&ntanWsi_2 .^Ma Sr *sr _"1nitf*y ^% ** REG INA HOTEL W E N G E N FIRST CLASS HOTEL • CENTRAL AND SUNNY AS WELL THE REAL ENGLISH HOME ABROAD ALL SPORTS • ORCHESTRA • BAR JOS. REINERT PROPRIETOR Page Twelve ILL ONLkePesmf?.Y. BEING THE ANNUAL JOURNAL OF THE DOWNHILL ONLY CLUB WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN WENGEN ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1925. HON. EDITOR: K.D.FOSTER, M.B. E., LEABROOK WORKS, WEDNESBURY, STAFFORDSHIRE £dit<w,'& Comment HIS morning our youngest child, crowd because "they go away for a T who was watching us while we holiday expecting to break some­ shaved, asked: "When will the blood thing", and a few years ago we come, Daddy?". We were rather put published a piece by David Cornwall off by the question at the time, and it in which he said gloomily that may be that we answered the brat a racers who take half-measures end shade curtly.