which will include
Ester Coleman (Contralto) in 'Songs of my lovers'
Mabel Marks in Syncopated Items
Tom Clare at the Piano
Zacharewitsch in Violin Solos
Excerpts from 'The Happy Wanderer and other Poems,' read by the Author, Olave March
And at 9.45
The Ceremony of the Keys
Carried out by the 1st Bn. H.M. Coldstream Guards
By kind permission of the Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. E.D.H. Tollemache
Preceded by a descriptive talk by H.V. Morton
Relayed from The Byward Tower, Tower of London
The Tower of London â Mecca of sight-seers â is the most historic place in the kingdom, and ritual and tradition cling to its ancient and frowning walls. The nightly ceremony of the Keys is an impressive reminder of tho days when tho Tower was a royal palace and a State prison where captives were immured whoso escape might have brought the Crown tumbling down. Listeners who remember last year's broadcast will know how effectively the microphone conveys the sounds of the Chief Warder's round of the great gates, and this year there will be also a descriptive talk broadcast from the spot by one of the most brilliant descriptive writers in Fleet Street â Mr. H.V. Morton, whose 'In Search of London' established him as an observer with an unfailing flair for the curious and the picturesque.
