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John Toal with tales of family and community life, plus great recipes, craic and music. 

John Toal with tales of family and community life, plus great recipes, craic and music.

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Saturday with John Toal: Christening Bells, Paperxclips & Book Week

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Christening Bells, Paperxclips & Book Week

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Christening Bells, Paperxclips and Book Week. 

John explores the tradition of ship christenings, marks Book Week and Paula cooks prawn and corn laksa. 

For Book Week, John visits Paperxclips - an indie bookshop that's becoming a community hub - speaks to 11-year-old author Mennah & illustrator Ashwin Chacko. Former HMS Caroline crew John Taylor and Billy McConkey are in studio to explore the long tradition of naval christenings. Both men met their wives on HMS Caroline, had their own children christened on board and are now marking the christening of their grandchildren on the ship. 
Paula cooks prawn and corn laksa.


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