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Last Boat Home

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Hail! Durban to Southampton. On 6
March, the ocean liner Oriana set sail from Hong Kong. For many of the families on board, this was the last boat home, and they left behind a life as servants to Her Majesty's Hong Kong Government. In the second of two programmes, Julian Pettifer travels with the families to record their memories, regrets and hopes. Producers Sara Conkey and Mary Price

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Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Producers:
Sara Conkey
Source: Radio Times

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