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For Listeners of All Ages: Oyli-Oyla
and other songs sung to the guitar by Noel Harrison.

5.15 For Older Children: Midland Made: 2 - The Weather Man
F. R. Buckley explores the Meteorological Office at Watnall in the East Midlands, and tells you how it fits into the nation-wide system of weather stations.
(BBC recording)

5.40 For Children of Most Ages: Home, Sweet Home: 3 - E.C.1
Four talks by Owen Tweedy.

Home, Sweet Home at last! 'At 6.30 p.m., we, the residents, are left in sole and tranquil possession of our square mile... On Saturdays and Sundays a tideless city becomes Old London, so sleepy and so quiet that even the church bells ring almost lazily...'

Contributors

Singer/guitarist (Oyli-Oyla):
Noel Harrison
Presenter (Midland Made):
F. R. Buckley
Producer (Midland Made):
Graham Gauld
Speaker (Home, Sweet Home):
Owen Tweedy

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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