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CHILDREN'S HOUR

on BBC Home Service Basic

For Children of All Ages
Visiting Day
Wilfred Pickles visits
Marple Orthopaedic Hospital,
Cheshire and talks to some of the young patients, inviting them to choose a record they would like to hear
5.30 For Older Children
Down to the Sea
A magazine from East Anglia on ships and the sea with Captain F. L. Hemming , R.N. on his first command
Captain Eddie Crickmer of the Merchant Service on pie crusts and mainmasts
Henry Davies cox'n ot Cromer No. 1 Lifeboat on an animal rescue
Jimmy Reeve lighthouse keeper on his flying visitors and a sea song from Nicky Back
Arranged and introduced by Roy Clark
Produced by Derek Dingle

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
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Captain F. L. Hemming
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Captain Eddie Crickmer
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Henry Davies
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Jimmy Reeve
Introduced By:
Roy Clark
Produced By:
Derek Dingle

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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