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CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

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For Children of Most Ages
' Yarns of a Shellback '
Douglas V. Duff comes to the studio to spin yarns about the odd and exciting things that happen at sea
2 — ' Ocean Waifs'
5.15 For Older Children
' Lanterns over the Lune *
Adapted by Kathleen Fidler from her book of the same title
4-' Defeat-and Escape! '
Narrator, Harold Rottesman
Production by Trevor Hill
So Squire Dalton , who befriended Simon Corlett when he was being pursued by Colonel Charteris's men, has turned out to be the mysterious Old Dog Lad.' He and Edward Tyldesley have sent Simon to Sunderland Point to be sheltered there by Robert Lawson, a merchant trading with the West Indies. Bridget, Robert Lawson's niece, has persuaded Simon to ride with her to Lancaster to her cousin's party, when Jacobite soldiers arrive at the Point with orders to seize the guns from Robert's ship.
6.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by J. Stanley Pritchard

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas V. Duff
Adapted By:
Kathleen Fidler
Narrator:
Harold Rottesman
Production By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
So Squire Dalton
Unknown:
Simon Corlett
Conducted By:
J. Stanley Pritchard
Young Simon Corlett:
Alan Rothwell
Bridget:
Jane Knowles
Agnes Tyldesley:
Vida Paterson
Ralph Standish:
Bryden Murdoch
Moss Lawsoni:
Brian Trueman
William Torver:
Geoffrey Matthews
John Norris, the innkeeper:
Tom Harrison
Tom Hampson:
John Daglish
Squire Dalton:
Frederic Wilson
Macready, the Scots packman:
Geoffrey Banks
Elizabeth Barton:
Valerie Skardon
Joshua Lawson:
Barrie Hesketh
A servant:
John Broadbent
Robert Lawson, a merchant:
Harryharry Markham

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