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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of All Ages
' How Wireless Came to Toytown '
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 Bangor:
Evelyn introduces
Jean Jones
(folk song and penillion singer)
Accompanist, Maimie Noel Jones )
In Manfhester:
Trevor introduces
Mary Pilling (flute)
Accompanied by Nancy Harris
In London:
Barbara Sleigh introduces Jack Cornwell (baritone)
Nina Whitehurst and Caroline Butcher
(violin and piano)
At the organ, Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Jean Jones
Accompanist:
Maimie Noel Jones
Flute:
Mary Pilling
Accompanied By:
Nancy Harris
Introduces:
Barbara Sleigh
Baritone:
Jack Cornwell
Baritone:
Nina Whitehurst
Violin:
Caroline Butcher
Unknown:
Charles Smart
Larry the Lamb}:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
The Mayor of Toy town:
Felix Felton
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Ernest Jay
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson

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