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FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. "In Dylsford and Beyond", by Honor Wyatt. A fire breaks out, and the explorers learn how this is dealt with

2.25 GENERAL SCIENCE. Air and Water. 2— "Air carries Sound", by Richard Palmer. How sound travels in air; the speed of sound

2.50 JUNIOR ENGLISH. A short biography: Louisa M. Alcott. Introducing the writer of "Little Women".

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Palmer
Presenter:
Honor Wyatt
Subject:
Louisa M. Alcott

by Marjorie Terry
Produced by Noel Iliff
Others taking part are Cyril Gardiner , Alexander Sarner , and Victor Fairley

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Terry
Produced By:
Noel Iliff
Unknown:
Cyril Gardiner
Unknown:
Alexander Sarner
Unknown:
Victor Fairley
Jackson:
Elward Dudgeon
Chimperdown:
George Owen
Humphreys:
Raf de la Torre
A boy:
Freda Falconer
His mother:
Marjorie Westbury
Constable:
Ronald Sidney
Doctor:
Bush Bailey
Mrs Chimperdown:
Susan Richards
Nurse:
Jean Melsom
Henry:
Basil Jones

' Poko and the Flibbertigibbits'; a talk from West Africa, by Antonia Ridge Children's Concert. Welsh airs and dances played by the BBC Welsh Orchestra: conductor, Mansel Thomas. From the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre. Cardiff
Sound Quiz: a medley of recorded sound effects to puzzle you. Presented by W. R. Owen
-5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Conducted by John G. Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonia Ridge
Conductor:
Mansel Thomas.
Presented By:
W. R. Owen
Conducted By:
John G. Williams

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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