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Home This Afternoon

on BBC Home Service Basic

A magazine of interest to all, but with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Eve of Poll: G.W. HOLLYHOKE talks about the back-room boys of a General Election
Green Fingers: PERCY THROWER and an Old Age Pensioner talk over some gardening points.
'Horse Chestnut Tree': a short story by JOYCE RODEN
Off My Own Bat: PETER CRANMER recalls cricket he has liked and the men who played it
Introduced by DAVID STEVENS
from the Midlands

Contributors

Talks:
G. W. Hollyhoke
Unknown:
Percy Thrower
Story By:
Joyce Roden
Introduced By:
David Stevens

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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