THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Directed by HENRY HALL
5.15 Daventry
The Children's Hour
' The King who was cross at Breakfast ', by Margaret Lodge , told by BARBARA
'THE ZOO MAN'
An Outside Broadcast from Croydon Aerodrome. By courtesy of the Air Ministry, and in co-operation with Major L. F. Richards , Chief Aerodrome Officer, MAC will visit the Croydon Aerodrome Control Tower at the Airport of London, piloted by one of the Duty Officers
E. H. LAWFORD , A.F.C.
All of you have heard of the great Air Port at Croydon which is to aeroplanes what a station is to trains. Many of you know that a regular service of aeroplanes is run between Croydon and the Continent, and passengers cross the Channel in them every day of the week.
Well, at Croydon there is what is called a Control Tower. It is a sort of eye that sees everything, and the officers on duty in it arc the brains behind the eye. No aeroplanes can leave, and none can land, without permission from the Control Tower.
This afternoon Mac is going down to
Croydon, and it is hoped that you will hear two or three aeroplanes actually take off and arrive. You are to hear Mac talk with one of the Control Tower officers. He will describe the scene and ask the officer questions, and you will hear his answers. And what makes it all the more interesting is that during the War Mac used to sit in the aeroplane which this officer, E. H. Lawford , flew. Mac was his observer then, and he is to be your observer today.