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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver. 10-' Rhythms of Mechanical Things '
11.20 SENIOR HISTORY I. Britain and her neighbours: ' Mary Stuart ' (1542-1587) by Elisabeth Rowley
11.40 FOURTH FORM FEATURES. ' Edison and the Phonograph ': the early history of the ' talking machines '

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver.
Unknown:
Mary Stuart
Unknown:
Rowley

I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). Storiau i'r plant lleiaf : cyfres i blant o 6 i 8 oed. 10—' Defl-Dwdl-Dw yn yr Eira,' gan Nantlais Williams
.2.10 'HOW THINGS BEGAN.' No. 10-
'Apes and Men,' by Honor Wyatt.
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. ' The Pickwick Papers ' (it): talk by Morna Stuart on the comic situations in ' The Pickwick Papers,' by Charles Dickens

Contributors

Unknown:
Nantlais Williams
Talk By:
Morna Stuart
Unknown:
Charles Dickens

from the chapel of a public school in the Midlands Versicles and Responses Psalm 112
. First Lesson: Proverbs 3, vv. 13-26
Magnificat (Plainsong: faux-bourdon by John Holmes )
Second Lesson: Revelation 4
Nunc dimittis (Plainsong: faux-bourdon by John Holmes )
Creed and Collects
Teach us. good Lord (L. J. Blake ) Prayers
Forth in thy name. 0 Lord, I go
(E.H. 259; C.H. 651)

Contributors

Unknown:
Midlands Versicles
Unknown:
John Holmes
Unknown:
John Holmes
Unknown:
L. J. Blake

Lionel Gamlin and Roy Plomley revive some old favourites
' The Mood and the Music,' introduced by Josephine Wilson
Charles Chilton 's Jazz Corner presents rare recordings of Louis Arm-strong's Hot Five
' Orchestras of the World 4-The
Paris Conservatoire
Programme edited by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Duced By:
Josephine Wilson
Duced By:
Charles Chilton
Edited By:
Pat Osborne

' A Modern Bobby Shaftoe '-' I'll run away and go to sea! ' How often that used to be the method of joining the Navy. Nowadays, a boy can go through a proper course of training, learning as much in six weeks as the average sailor learns in two years at sea. Listeners can follow a Tyneside deck trainee through his training for the Merchant Navy on board S.S. ' Compiegne.' Script by Patricia Docksey. Produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Bobby Shaftoe
Script By:
Patricia Docksey.
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald

Professor W. G. Fearnsides , F.R.S., of Sheffield University; Lord Portsmouth; George Dallas, J.P., Chairman of the River Nene Conservancy Board; and Godfrey Taylor , Vice-President of the Institute of Water Engineers, discuss Britain's water-supplies

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor W. G. Fearnsides
Unknown:
Godfrey Taylor

with impromptu answers to listeners' questions:
Leonard Behrens (a Manchester business man), Councillor William Elger (General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress), Mrs. M. A. Hamilton , Dr. C. E. M. Joad , and E. Arnot Robertson. Question - Master, Commander Stephen King-Hall , M.P.

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Behrens
Unknown:
William Elger
Unknown:
Mrs. M. A. Hamilton
Unknown:
Dr. C. E. M. Joad
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson.
Unknown:
Stephen King-Hall

by Stephen Potter and Joyce Grenfell, including How Not To and How They Used To, with Celia Johnson, Joyce Grenfell, Betty Hardy, Norman Shelley, Carleton Hobbs, William Trent, Deryck Guyler, and Valentine Dyall. Produced by Stephen Potter.

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Celia Johnson
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
William Trent.
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall.
Produced By:
Stephen Potter.

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