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For Women: About the Home

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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Outsize Clothes
Mrs. Bessie Braddock, M.P., speaks of the difficulties of buying outsize clothes.

Enquiry Into...: Pressure Cookers
Marguerite Patten discusses with an expert whether food prepared in a pressure cooker retains more flavour and value than food cooked by ordinary methods.

First Aid in the Home
The British Red Cross Society gives general hints on the treatment of accidents and injuries in the home.

Handywoman
W.P. Matthew helps Freda Bamford to do more jobs about the home.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Presenter (Outsize Clothes):
Bessie Braddock
Dresses selected by (Outsize Clothes):
Bettie Spurling
Presenter (Enquiry Into...):
Marguerite Patten
Handyman (Handywoman):
W.P. Matthew
Presenter (Handywoman):
Freda Bamford
Edited and produced by:
S.E. Reynolds
Source: Radio Times

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