A broadcast from 24, Cheyne Row,
Chelsea by FILSON YOUNG
Commemorating the occupancy of this house by Thomas Carlyle and his wife since June 10, 1834 ; and an incident in the life they lived there until her death in 1886, and his in 1881 Comprising a tour of the house and A performance of the Play
'THE FIRELIGHTERS' by LAURENCE Housman
Characters
Produced by ROBIN WHITWORTH
It is now over a hundred years since the Carlyles took possession of 24, Cheyne Row. In 1895 the house was acquired by the Carlyle's House Memorial Trust, by which it has since been preserved and made accessible to the public. Carlyle's birth-place at Ecclefechan was similarly acquired, and this week the two houses are being handed over to the National Trust, and the Scottish National Trust, respectively. They will thus become the property of the nation in perpetuity.