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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of Most Ages
' The Wreck of the Toytown Belle
Part 1
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
From Birmingham:
Peggy introduces
Dinah Levine (piano)
From Manchester:
Trevor introduces
Brian Howarth (accordion) and Constance Coupe and Dorothy Coupe
(song duets)
Accompanist, Mabel Hardy
From London:
Barbara Sleigh introduces Janet Eggleden (clarinet)
Accompanist, Winifred Davey and Margaret Flower (piano)
At the organ, Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Piano:
Dinah Levine
Accordion:
Brian Howarth
Accordion:
Constance Coupe
Accordion:
Dorothy Coupe
Accompanist:
Mabel Hardy
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Clarinet:
Janet Eggleden
Accompanist:
Winifred Davey
Piano:
Margaret Flower
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney
Cannibal Chief:
Stephen Jack

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