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SONGS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Desmond Hawkins introduces some of the old songs which people of the West-Country sang in their homes and at their work, and which have been collected by Francis Collinson and others
The singers:
Marjorie Westbury
Bernard Fishwick
Frederick Harvey , John Runge with the Harold C. Gee Sextet
The girls' section of the Choir of Fairfield Grammar School, Bristol and the Men's Chorus of the BBC West of England Singers
Conducted by Reginald Redman

Contributors

Introduces:
Desmond Hawkins
Unknown:
Francis Collinson
Singers:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Unknown:
Frederick Harvey
Unknown:
John Runge
Conducted By:
Reginald Redman
Source: Radio Times

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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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