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The British Seafarer

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A history In 26 parts 15: Eng.neroom and Stokehold
In the great steamer the bridge was a gold-braided Olympus: the lengineroom a kind of underworld; and the stokehold Hades itself. Yet engineers could regard their huge machines with almost religious devotion; and the subhuman stoker of legend, in fact plied a skilled trade. Readers anthony NEWLANDS.
LEONARD MACUIRE, TIMOTHY BENTINCK, ROBERT TROTTER ,
DOUGLAS BLACKWELL. BILL MONKS, RONALD BADDILEY.
DAVID CASEY. ANTHONY HALL. DAVID ASHFORD , JOE DUNLOP Consultant and presenter Campbell MacMurray. Assistant Keeper. Dept of MSS and Printed
Books. National Maritime Museum
Special sound by DICK mills, BBC Radiophonlc Workshop
Series composed and directed by michael MASON

Contributors

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Robert Trotter
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell.
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Ronald Baddiley.
Unknown:
David Casey.
Unknown:
David Ashford
Presenter:
Campbell MacMurray.
Directed By:
Michael Mason
Source: Radio Times

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