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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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For Children of Most Ages
' Birds of a Feather '
The second of five tales of wild bird life by H. Mortimer Batten told by Derek McCulloch
(Uncle Mac)
2-' Burgomaster 'of the Ocean Wastes '
5.15 For Listeners of All Ages
' The Reiver's Treasure
A further adventure of the Norton family by Winifred Finlay
2—' Trouble at Linsheeles '
Produced by Herbert Smith
On a cycling holiday in Coquetdale, the Nortons have met a Canadian, J. Walter Ferguson, who tells them that two hundred years ago his great-great-grand-father found and hid an old border thief's hoard, and how after that a friend betrayed him to the press-gang who shipped him off to America.

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Mortimer Batten
Told By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Winifred Finlay
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
J. Walter
Richard Norton:
David Cowburn
Judith Norton:
Judith Chalmers
Paul Norton:
Scot Finch
Will Snowden:
Graham Tennant
Jack Brough:
Jameson Clark
Colonel Baker:
Eric Phillips
A man:
Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Armstrong:
Sal Sturgeon
Alex, a shepherd:
George House

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