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by Frederick Willis
That much money was considered a good wage sixty years ago. Take food alone-you could get a dinner of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, cabbage, potatoes, and jam roly-poly for eight-pence. The fly in the ointment of course was the threat of sickness or unemployment. Mr. Willis looks back to son,e happy years in his life at the turn of the century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Willis

BEETHOVEN
Quintet in E flat, Op. 16 for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano played by the Melos Ensemble: Peter Graeme (oboe)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Neill Sanders (horn)
Paul Draper (bassoon)
Cyril Preedy (piano)
From St. Michael-le-Belfrey, York

Contributors

Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Clarinet:
Gervase de Peyer
Horn:
Neill Sanders
Bassoon:
Paul Draper
Piano:
Cyril Preedy

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galtoa and featuring
Sidney James , Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galtoa
Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

A summer season of Variety starring Jon Pertwee with Amy Shuard
The Radio Revellers
Bryan Johnson
Donald Purchese and featuring Billy Burden with the Visitor of the Week at ' Martin's Inn '
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams
Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Script by Eric Merriman and George Martin with additional material by Eddie Maguire
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Amy Shuard
Unknown:
Bryan Johnson
Unknown:
Donald Purchese
Unknown:
Billy Burden
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Directed By:
Ron Goodwin
Leader:
Oscar Lampe
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Script By:
George Martin
Unknown:
Eddie Maguire
Produced By:
John Simmonds

A play for broadcasting by Rex Rienits
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Other parts played by Wyndham Milligan , Timothy Harley
Derek Birch. Denis Goacher
Denis McCarthy and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Played By:
Wyndham Milligan
Played By:
Timothy Harley
Unknown:
Derek Birch.
Unknown:
Denis Goacher
Unknown:
Denis McCarthy
Matthew Flinders:
Frank Windsor
Sam Flinders:
Frank Partington
Sir Joseph Banks:
Eric Anderson
Doctor Flinders:
Hamilton Dyce
Ann Chappell:
Mary Wimbush
Lieutenant John Flinders:
Derek Birch
Captain John Pasley:
Robert Sansom
Captain William Bligh:
Trevor Martin
Jerri Jerri:
Stephen Jack
Major Etienne Bolger:
Denis Goacher
Mrs Flinders:
Brenda Dunrich
Captain John Hunter:
Duncan McLntyre
Doctor George Bass:
Haydn Jones
General Decaen:
Brewster Mason
Governor King:
John Ruddock
Captain Nicholas Baudin:
Jacques Brunius

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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