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Bevin Boys

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Forty years ago. 20.000 teenage boys received a letter telling them that their war service was to be done in a coalmine. The scheme had been devised by Ernest Bevin , then Minister of Labour. These young men are now MPs, barristers, civil servants, journalists, entertainers and businessment
Jack Danbv has been talking to: Peter Allen Jack Berry , Joe Clarke Douglas Dickson
Professor Ian Gregor Bill Lang
Bill Smith and Michael Webber Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
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Contributors

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Ernest Bevin
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Jack Danbv
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Peter Allen
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Jack Berry
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Joe Clarke
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Douglas Dickson
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Professor Ian Gregor
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Bill Lang
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Bill Smith
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Michael Webber
Producer:
Susan Snailum
Source: Radio Times

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