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Down to the Sea

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Roy Clark leads an exchange of stories and talk about ships and the sea.
between

Bob Roberts, sailing barge skipper from Pin Mill, Suffolk
Cecil Meadows, one-time ship's chandler in Lowestoft
Fred Grice, old Lowestoft smacksman and collier brig shellback
Taff Finley, ex petty-officer telegraphist from Norwich

(The recorded broadcast of February 20. 1957, in the Midland Home Service)

Contributors

Presenter/arranged by:
Roy Clark
Panellist:
Bob Roberts
Panellist:
Cecil Meadows
Panellist:
Fred Grice
Panellist:
Taff Finley
Producer:
David Bryson
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

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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