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on his seventy-fifth birthday given by Winifred Davey (piano) Janet Fraser (soprano) Norman Fraser (piano)
Songs:
The Sands of Dee; The Little Bells of Sevilla; Water-lilies; Mermaid's Song
Piano:
Allegretto (Suite of Three Pastorals); Valse caprice; Lotus Land: Air varié (Suite deuxieme); Danse negre
Songs:
Nocturne: Autumn's Lute: Lullaby; Don't come in. sir. please
See page 3

Contributors

Piano:
Winifred Davey
Soprano:
Janet Fraser
Piano:
Norman Fraser

For the Schools
by William Appleby
Hey ho, the morning dew (Irish song)
High Germany (English folk song)
The Barley Mow (English trad. song)

11.20 The World of Work: Meet the Youth Employment Officer
A talk by John Evernden.

11.40 Intermediate French: On se leve de bonne heure
Aujourd'hui, vous allez faire la connaissance de la famille de M. Bourdon, notaire. Demain, toute la famille va au mariage d'une cousine. et on fait les derniers preparatifs.
Texte de Yves Salaun

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Talk By:
John Evernden
Unknown:
Yves Salaun

The Coronets
Frankie Desmond
Something to Sing About
Doreen Henry
Percy Edwards
A Note or Two from
Steve Race and Malcolm Lockyer
Harry Locke
Top of the Bill
Bruce Trent
Compere, Michael Miles
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Frankie Desmond
Unknown:
Doreen Henry
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Harry Locke
Unknown:
Michael Miles
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Regional Variations (2)

For Welsh Schools. Living in the Country: The Harvest.

BBC Home Service Welsh

for COUNTRY schools. The Yew Tree's Story. Script by Vicars Bell
2.0 THE MUSIC Box by Gordon Reynolds
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. Tunes at Play: an illustrated talk by Sidney Harrison
2.30 LET'S hear it AGAIN. Faurg's Pavane in F sharp minor
2.40 for THE GENERAL SIXTH. Your Money and Your Life. ' Economic Resources ': what they consist of and how they are organised. By Professor Brinley Thomas and John Allen
3 0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS The fight between Cuff and Dobbin from
Vanity Fair ' by W. M. Thackeray

Contributors

Script By:
Vicars Bell
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Talk By:
Sidney Harrison
Unknown:
Professor Brinley Thomas
Unknown:
John Allen
Unknown:
W. M. Thackeray

For Younger Listeners
'Orlando the Marmalade Cat' from the story by Kathleen Hale
Told by Olive Shapley
Illustrated with music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
4—' Orlando's Silver Wedding '
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.30 For Older Children
' Going to the Pictures and the Theatre': Eric Gillett reviews some of the plays and films now showing
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Story By:
Kathleen Hale
Told By:
Olive Shapley
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Eric Gillett

Regional Variations (5)

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Casterbridge Singers; Margot Andersen (soprano).

BBC Home Service West

A Song for You. John Mc-Hugh; Nina Yanson: Raymond Woodhead Singers: Northern Variety Orchestra.

BBC Home Service North

at Earls Court
A radio visit to the biennial exhibition of the S.M.M.T. at which manufacturers exhibit their latest contributions to the ever-widening range of commercial motor vehicles of all kinds.
Commentators:
Raymond Baxter and Robin Richards

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
Robin Richards

Regional Variations (4)

Music by Frank Loesser.

BBC Home Service Midland

The Little But Good: tribute to the Great North of Scotland Railway, by John R. Allan.

BBC Home Service Scottish

' Boldness be my Friend '-2. from the book by Richard Pape.

BBC Home Service North

A programme of gramophone records introduced by Moore Raymond

Contributors

Introduced By:
Moore Raymond

Regional Variations (4)

' Education by Accident': talk by Harry Soan.

BBC Home Service Midland

A New Bird Observatory: talk by Arnold Benington about the foundation and work of the second Irish Bird Observatory established this year on Old Lighthouse Island off the Copelands

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' Round the Bend': short story by Dorothy Lane, read by June Barrie.

BBC Home Service West

by Florida Scott-Maxwell
In this talk, which she describes as a 'flight of questions on age,' Mrs. Scott-Maxwell presents growing old as an absorbing occupation. For the old can put many questions to themselves and to the young; and the young may find it strange to believe how busy in mind they may be at the age of seventy.

Regional Variations (3)

' I am the Enemy': play by Robert Gwyn.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Earthquake in Algeria: story of the recent disaster.

BBC Home Service Scottish

A play for broadcasting by Arthur Calder-Marshall
Special effects composed by Edward Williams
Produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Arthur Calder-Marshall
Composed By:
Edward Williams
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Sir Archibald Stamp (Buster), Governor of Nubia:
Francis de Wolff
Lady Julia Stamp:
Avice Landone
Charles, a waiter:
Charles Leno
Philipson:
Gareth Jones
Secretary:
Doreen Aris
Elisabeth Watson:
Joan Matheson
Graham Watson:
Derek Birch
Telephone operator:
Olive Kirby

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

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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