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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of All Ages
Toytown Goes West
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production by Josephine Plummer
5.30 For Older Children
First Attempts
Young artists making their first broadcast
In Belfast:
Cicely introduces
Sean Haldane (boy soprano)
Accompanist: Havelock Nelson
In Glasgow:
Kathleen introduces
Part songs sung by Elsbeth Ewing , Margaret Ann Eddie
Lilian Dunlop and Evelyn Andrew
Accompanist: Barbara Laing
In London:
Barbara Sleigh introduces
Margaret Biggs (piano)
At the organ: Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Sean Haldane
Accompanist:
Havelock Nelson
Sung By:
Elsbeth Ewing
Sung By:
Margaret Ann Eddie
Unknown:
Lilian Dunlop
Accompanist:
Evelyn Andrew
Accompanist:
Barbara Laing
Piano:
Margaret Biggs
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magicians:
Norman }shelley
Dennis the Dachshund:
Ernest Jay
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
Mr Noah:
Charles Maunsell

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