Ⓓ Our Village
Guy Fawkes Day and Hallowe'en
Written for broadcasting by EDITH E. MACQUEEN , Ph.D.
2.25 Interval Music
2.30 Ⓓ British History
Making the Law
A dramatic interlude written for broadcasting by HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON
Old customs and laws were collected by King Alfred and written down and accepted by the Witan. As time went on, the king and his council not only gave justice, but also made new laws and discussed other important business besides. You will hear how kings found it useful and even necessary to have the consent not only of the nobles, but of the common people as well, and so Parliament, as we know it, began.