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The Amateur Handyman

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'That Smoky Chimney'
W. P. Matthew
Through listening to C. H. Middleton, the gardener, giving advice on gardening on the air. W. P. Matthew, the master carpenter and joiner, decided to follow suit, to the benefit of thousands of listeners. He made his radio debut in January last year with the first talk in a series of six, and never looked back. His second series was broadcast last winter.
This present series of six talks began last month with very valuable and topical advice on A.R.P. The subject that Matthew tackles today again concerns almost everyone, for what is more maddening than a smoky chimney?

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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