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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of Most Ages
'Swallows and Amazons '
One of the author's own illustrations reproduced by courtesy of Messrs. Jonathan Cape. by Arthur Ransome
Read by Derek McCulloch
1—' The Peak in Darien '
Titty called it that. There, on the highest point of the promontory they had made their camping place. They could see the island from it.
5.15 For Older Children
Derek Blomfield in ' The Call of the Lapwing'
A story of escape and return from the Old World to the New
2 — ' A Journey to France '
Written by Howard Jones Produced by David Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Cape.
Unknown:
Arthur Ransome
Read By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Derek Blomfield
Written By:
Howard Jones
Produced By:
David Davis
Jonathan Darby:
Derek Blomfield
Helene Trouville:
Dorothy Gordon
Florence Darby:
Yvonne Hills
Lady Sarah Corbrass:
Mary O'Farrell
Innkeeper:
John Richmond
Destartos:
Robert Rietty
Marie:
Betty Hardy

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