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Home for the Day

on BBC Home Service Basic

A Saturday Supplement to "Woman's Hour".
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson.
The Soul takes Wing: Dr. Audrey Butt talks to Gordon Snell about trances among primitive communities on the Amazon Basin.
Home Brewing: Christopher Serpell and Wilfred Ryder discuss home-made beer.
A Home for Mothers and Babies: Olive Shapley describes how the Rose Hill Trust turned her house into six flatlets.
Alone in the Wilderness: David Fanshawe's experience in Jordan.
Hats Ahead?: views on the decline of the hat - and its future - from James Laver, Barbara Cartland, a hairdresser, a milliner, and a store buyer.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson
Interviewee:
Dr. Audrey Butt
Interviewer:
Gordon Snell
Speaker:
Christopher Serpell
Speaker:
Wilfred Ryder
Reporter:
David Fanshawe
Speaker:
James Laver
Speaker:
Barbara Cartland

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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