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from Lancaster Priory
Versicles and Responses (Smith) Psalms 47 and 48 First Lesson: Ezra 8. vv. 21-30 Magnificat (Noble in A minor)
Second Lesson: St. John 7, vv. 37-end Nunc dimittis (Noble in A minor) Creed. Suffrages, Collects
Anthem: My soul, there is a country
(Parry) (words in BBC Hymn Book 526)
Prayers
Organist, Henry Walmsley

Contributors

Organist:
Henry Walmsley

An outside broadcast about one of Britain's armoured fighting vehicles, which has already won a world reputation
The story is told by Max Robertson at the Fighting Vehicles Design
Establishment at Chobham,
Surrey Raymond Baxter at Barnbow, Leeds, for the initial construction and final assembly
James Pestridge at Wednesbury, Staffordshire for the casting of the turret
Alun Williams at Cardiff for the production of the gun
Brian Johnston with the 8th Hussars in Germany
See page 9

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Told By:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Surrey Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
James Pestridge
Unknown:
Alun Williams
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

An Argument in a Senior Common Room
Written by D. F. Aitken and John Harries
Cast
Produced by R. D. Smith
D. F. Aitken writes on page 12

Contributors

Written By:
D. F. Aitken
Written By:
John Harries
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Produced By:
D. F. Aitken
Warden:
Dennis Arundell
Mr Drummond:
Pascoe Thornton
Professor Saltmarsh:
Martin Lewis
Mr Moulton:
John Richmond
Coulson:
Walter Hudd
Dr Nuss:
Bernard Rebel
Mr Anderson:
Peter Bathurst
Miss Boyd:
Beatrix Lehmann
Dr Cooper:
Elizabeth Bayly

Africans and the Mining Industry
Talk by J. D. Rheinallt Jones
The mining industry in South Africa and the Rhodesias, more especially gold-mining, makes an important contribution to the economy of the sterling area as a whole. It requires labour, skilled and unskilled, in considerable numbers. J. D. Rheinallt Jones , who is an adviser to one of the largest mining concerns in the world and is President of the South African Institute of Race Relations, surveys some of the special problems involved in the recruitment, training, and employment of African workers.

Contributors

Talk By:
J. D. Rheinallt Jones
Unknown:
J. D. Rheinallt Jones

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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