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Home This Afternoon

on BBC Home Service Basic

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:

Nursing in the Nineties: memories of an Ulster nurse in England, as told to W.J. Fitzpatrick

Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree: by Jack McKibbin, son of a village blacksmith

Wish on the Moon: 'I closed my eyes and wished with all my heart' - Emma O'Hanlon

Hobson's Choice: James Crichton recalls an encounter with the Sergeant-Major of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

E-G-B-D-F: Evelyn Combe recalls her struggle to 'learn the piano'

Irish music played by Charles Kelly's Ceili Band

Introduced by Maurice O'Callaghan

from Northern Ireland

Contributors

Presenter:
Maurice O'Callaghan
Unknown:
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Jack McKibbin
Unknown:
Emma O'Hanlon
Unknown:
Evelyn Combe
Played By:
Charles Kelly

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