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In Bangor, Mark is asked to fill for half an hour, as the belly dancer hasn't turned up.

Having been warned not to go to Wales, Mark Wallington's ukulele tour reaches Bangor for a fill-in slot. Read by Hugh Dennis.

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Having been warned not to go to Wales, when passing through Shrewsbury, Mark Wallington finds himself filling for half an hour in Bangor whilst they wait for the belly dancer to turn up. Then, as he heads for the Wirral, he finds himself playing the ukulele in a bikers' pub in Birkenhead.


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Mark Wallington's humorous account of his ukulele tour of Great Britain

Mark Wallington's humorous account of his ukulele tour of Great Britain which tests to the limit the theory that it is impossible to hear a ukulele without smiling. Read by Hugh Dennis

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