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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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* Adventure on Cheviot
A new serial play written for broadcasting by Winifred Finlay
4-' Border Blizzard
Produced by Herbert Smith
Young Richard Norton , 'hi-s elder brother Paul, sister Judith, Mother, and Uncle Bill are on holiday a't Cheviot Cottage near the Scottish Border. On their way there the boys and Uncle Bill were g-iven a lift by a spiv-like character, Flash Baker. Then Rickie became involved in an argument with a small Scots boy about an old family feud; later it turned out that the ' boy ' was, in fact, a girl — grand-daughter of their neighbour, old Mr. Russell of Blackhaggs Pde Last week Paul and Rickie, returning from a climb up Auchope Rig, spotted Joan on some myster:ous errand making for the Henihole. They followed her and found that she was hiding Flash Baker in a cave believing him to be a mosstrooper. Paul bad just decided to go back for helrp when a blizzard broke.
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Maurice Dean

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Winifred Finlay
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Young Richard Norton
Unknown:
Rev. Maurice Dean
Mrs Norton:
Madeleine Vacher
Judith Norton:
Judith Chalmers
Paul Norton:
Brian Trueman
Richard Norton:
Geoffrey Seale
Uncle Bill:
Randal Herley
Flash Baker:
Harry Towb
Joan Kerr:
Judith Daugherty
Mr Russell:
Geoffrey Banks
Mr Frazer:
Duncan McLntyre
Dr Garrick:
Joe Holmes

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