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' Salt in Our Tongue '
The last of three talks in which Douglas V. Duff tells how many expressions and words stem from sailormen and the sea
5.15 For Older Children
' The Ballad of Gib Lightfoot '
A serial play in three episodes by John Keir Cross based on the book
' The Mad Miller of Wareham ' by Joyce Reason
3— 'The Castle of Corfe '
Others taking part:
Douglas Leach and Denis Raymond
Produced by Mollie Austin
With Jehan 's help Gib has managed to escape from the sinister Brother Martin at Bindon Abbey. Back at the Mill he hears of the capture of Savary de Mauleon and his imprisonment in Corfe Castle. Gib gains entrance to the castle and sets in motion a plot to free the prisoners and capture the castle.

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas V. Duff
Unknown:
Gib Lightfoot
Unknown:
John Keir Cross
Unknown:
Joyce Reason
Unknown:
Douglas Leach
Unknown:
Denis Raymond
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Produced By:
With Jehan
Unknown:
Brother Martin
Unknown:
Savary De Mauleon
Gib Lightfoot:
J Barrie
Maudleyn:
Angela Brooking
Gamelin:
George Holloway
Savary de Mauleon:
Basil Jones
De Blundevil:
Lewis Gedge
Lady de Blundevil:
Constance Chapman
Raoul the Minstrel:
David Enders
Hugh the Miller:
Bernard Fishwick
Brother Martin:
Heron Carvic
Archbishop Walter:
Ronald Baddiley
Ballad Singer:
Michael Watson

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