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Not Exactly in his Footsteps

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Six lurches through
England by Ray Gosling , not quite in the wake Of J. B. PRIESTLEY.
In the final chapter of his English Journey of 1933, Priestley divided the country into three: guide book ' merrie England industrial ' sooty pig
England '; and the new electric ' Blackpoolised England
No traveller of England has bettered Priestley's
Judgment, argues Gosling. What he saw in 1933 is the same in 1983. For all the talk of change and progress, almost nothing is different....
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

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Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Unknown:
J. B. Priestley.
Producer:
Alastair Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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