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The story of a pioneering family in Upper Canada in the middle of the nineteenth century
A play by Martha Duncan
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald

Contributors

Play By:
Martha Duncan
Produced By:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Margaret Reid Forrest:
Helena Gloag
Isobel Reid:
Anna Donald
Elizabeth Reid Forrest:
Norah Laidlaw
John Reid:
Stuart Black
James Forrest:
Tom Fleming
Sandy MacLean:
John Young
Jean MacLean:
Patricia Leckie
Ahmeek:
Effle Morrison
Robert Reid Forrest:
Norman Fraser
Jim Reid Forrest:
Donald Douglas
Dr Gordon:
Leonard Maguire
Mary Reid:
Ellen McIntosh
Dr Stevenson:
George Davies

from St. Bartholomew-the-Great,
Smithfield
Introit
Chorale; Ah. though our sin (Bach)
Confession: Absolution: the Lord's
Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Morley)
Psalms 126, 127, 128. 129, 130, and 131 First Lesson: Proverbs 18, w. 10-24 Magniticat (Caustun)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 13, v. 53. to 14. v. 13
Nunc dimittis (Tye) Creed
Responses (Morley)
Anthem: O. Jesu Christe (van Berchem)
0 Jesu Christe , miserere mei dolore langueo.
Domine, tu es spes mea. Clamati ad te. Miserere mei
Prayers Grace
Organist and Choirmaster,
Paul Steinitz

Contributors

Unknown:
O. Jesu Christe
Unknown:
Jesu Christe
Choirmaster:
Paul Steinitz

For Children of All Ages
' Green Sailors and Fair Winds'.by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
4 (and last) :
' Rendezvous in Rotterdam'
Production by Josephine Plummer
' Last week I told you how we took passage from Newhaven to Dover, and how we found that Jeremy and Bill, Uncle George's second-cousins-twice-removed -on -our - father's - side, stowed away on board Rag Doll. Uncle George was rather annoyed with them at first, but he soon forgave them, and we aU had a very jolly party on board when we arrived at Dover to find their father and mother waiting to take them home. We lay at anchor in the submarine-basin in Dover harbour. After we'd said goodbye fo the twins, we felt a bit flat: you know how it is after you've had friends to your home for a party? So we sat on deck and watched the lights beginning to twinkle, as darkness fell ... ' (Mary Green)
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Colin Marr

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Rev. Colin Marr
Uncle George:
Norman Shelley
Mark:
Harold Reese
Mary:
Rosamond Barnes
Binnie:
Susan Condy
Ben:
Glyn Dearman
Francis Podsnap:
Oliver Burt
Captain Eaglehawk:
Cyril Shaps
Captain Green, R N:
Preston Lockwood
Mrs Green:
Janet Morrison
French harbour official:
Guy du Monceau

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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