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SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE CLOUDS

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by SIR EDMUND HILLARY abridged as a four-part reading by Carmel Ross Part 1
Reader, GABRIEL Woolp
At the close of a Himalayan expedition Sir Edmund Hillary asked his native helpers what one thing they most desired. The answer was ' schools ' and an old Sherpa remarked: ' Our children have eyes, but still they are blind.'
This is the amusing, often dramatic, story of Sir Edmund's return to fulfil his promise. Series broadcast in Story Time beginning on March 2. 1967

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Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Reader:
Gabriel Woolp
Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Source: Radio Times

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