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Stick by the Sea: A Childhood Tale

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Episode 1: Stick by the Sea: A Childhood Tale

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Piers Plowright returns to the small Welsh village he was evacuated to during World War II

Piers Plowright returns to the small Welsh village he was evacuated to during the Second World War to find the family that took him, his mother and his sister into their house.

Broadcaster Piers Plowright explores five sound-worlds - some from far back in his life and some more recent - which still resonate with him.

In this first episode, he returns to the small Welsh village he was evacuated to during the Second World War, to find the family that took him, his mother, and sister, into their house. 

With four of the Thomas siblings, now all in the 80s, he explores their different, sometimes conflicting, memories of the years 1943 to 1945 and remembers and recreates the sounds that surrounded them.

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Piers Plowright revisits sounds from his life that resonate with him still

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