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CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Children of Most Ages
' Pistols for Two '
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production by Josephine Plummer
5.30 For Older Children
First Attempts
Young artists making their first broadcast
From the Isle of Man
Trevor introduces
Eric Watterson (treble)
Accompanist, Mabel Hardy
From Wales
Ifan introduces
The Coed Ely Colliery Band
From London
Barbara Sleigh introduces
Anne Purdom (piano)
At the organ: Felton Rapley

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Eric Watterson
Accompanist:
Mabel Hardy
Piano:
Anne Purdom
Unknown:
Felton Rapley
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Mr Growser x:
Ralph de Rohan
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
The Mayor of Arkville:
Lawrence Baskcomb
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Mayor's Secretary):
Norman Shelley
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood

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