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by Florence Stamp
Fifty years ago some small children were having a geography lesson, and the teacher talked of the splendour of the Victoria Falls. One child's imagination was captured by this account of the Falls and she dreamed one day of seeing them.
After fifty years of hard work and often unemployment, Florence Stamp realised that dream

Contributors

Unknown:
Florence Stamp
Unknown:
Victoria Falls.

from Leeds Parish Church
Sentence; Confession; Absolution: the Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses Psalms 41, 42, and 43 First Lesson; Deuteronomy 11, vv.
13-end
Magnificat (Stanford in G)
Second Lesson: Acts 11. vv. 1-18 Nunc dimittis (Stanford in G) Creed; Responses; Collects
Anthem: Hail, gladdening Light
(Charles Wood)
Prayers and Blessing
Precentor, Trevor Bone
Organist and Choirmaster,
Donald Hunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Bone
Choirmaster:
Donald Hunt

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Looking After Your Feet: John Hall. President of the Society of Chiropodists. gives some practical advice
Feeding the Creative Spirit: Margaret Spencer Smith thinks this can be done, no matter how busy you are
Presented by Richard Baker

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hall.
Unknown:
Margaret Spencer Smith
Presented By:
Richard Baker

For Older Children
'Counterspy' *
A new radio serial by John Darran featuring security officers
Greg Vaughan and ' Rocky ' Mountain in their latest assignment
' The Zoida Case '
1—' Priority Call '
Other parts played by Michael Browne andBernard O'Brien
Production by Lorraine Davies
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Ronald Falconer

Contributors

Unknown:
John Darran
Unknown:
Greg Vaughan
Played By:
Michael Browne
Unknown:
Bernard O'Brien
Production By:
Lorraine Davies
Unknown:
Rev. Ronald Falconer
Lt -Cmdr Gregory Vaughan, R N:
John Darran
James Mountain:
Michael Aspel
Colonel Spear:
Ivor Maddox
Lewis Bardell:
Denis Charlton
Anna Krivas:
Ennis Tinnusche

A series of six programmes about mental health
* To cure sometimes,
To relieve often,
To comfort always.'
-Edward L. Trudeau
4-The Energies of Men
Nearly one-third of all absences from work due to illness are caused by neurotic illness. Forty out of every hundred Army discharges are on grounds of mental or nervous illness.
This programme is concerned with people at work, and what can go wrong.
Narrator, James McKechnie
Script by J. S. Campbell
Questions are invited from listeners. Please write, to ' Mental Health,' Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, W.2. A panel of specialists will give their answers at the microphone on Tuesday, June 4.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward L. Trudeau
Narrator:
James McKechnie
Script By:
J. S. Campbell

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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