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A programme for mothers and fathers
Teaching Handicapped Children by Stephen Jackson
A teacher, whose work lies among children who have been excluded from school because of their handicap, describes some of the ways in which he is able to interest his pupils.
Children's Games by David Holbrook
One of the reasons why traditional children's games persist from one generation to another is because they fulfil certain needs in the children. David Holbrook , who has made a special study of this subject, discusses such questions as ' Do modern children lead too protected a life? ' and ' Is there a lack of imagination in modern children's play? ' He illustrates his talk with recordings of singing games.
Arranged by Eileen Molony
(Originally broadcast on March 3 In Network Three)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Jackson
Unknown:
David Holbrook
Unknown:
David Holbrook
Arranged By:
Eileen Molony

by Hugh Ross Williamson
1_' What's the Date?
Unless you are a historian, says the speaker, you can't imagine what snags there can be about a simple thing like a date in the past. If, for example, you came across a letter written by someone in Paris to a friend in London dated February 10, 1658, you would have to remember that the Englishman would call that date January 31, 1657. In any history printed before 1835 you are apt to find that any date is wrong--and in this talk Hugh Ross Williamson explains how it all happened.
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 7)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Unknown:
Hugh Ross Williamson

A play for radio by Syd Jones
Produced by Bertram Parnaby in the BBC's North of England studios (The recorded broadcast of March 14. 1957. in the North of England Home Service)
The play takes its title from a disused mine in Lancashire and the scene is set in a mining village. Sam-an ex-miner, Rugby League ' fan,' and happy philosopher-lives with his daughter and son-in-law, Joe. A Polish refugee who works in the pit alongside Joe comes to lodge with the family, and domestic complications develop-humorous and pathetic.

Contributors

Unknown:
Syd Jones
Produced By:
Bertram Parnaby
Bella Leadbetter:
Betty Alberge
Sam Bradshaw:
Harry Markham
Joe Leadbetter:
Geoffrey Hodson
Stanislav Krzyzanowski:
Heniz Lederer
P C George Lucas:
John Cole
Charlie Askew:
Charles Nesbitt

from St. Bride's Church,
Fleet Street, London
Versicles and Responses (Ferial)
(TaWis)
Psalms 69 and 70 First Lesson: 1 Kings 12, w. 1-24
Magnificat (Vaughan Williams in (J)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 18. v. 31. to
19, v. 10
Nunc dimittis (Vaughan Williams in C) Creed. Suffrages, Responses (Ferial)
(Tallia)
Collects
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Vaughan Williams)
Prayers
The Grace
Glory to thee (A. and M. Rev. 23:
Tune. Tallis' Canon)
Organ Voluntary: Fugue In E flat
(St. Anne) (Bach)
Organist and Director of Music
Gordon Reynolds
Assistant organist, David Parkes

Contributors

Organist:
David Parkes

Yarns of a Shellback
Douglas V. Duff comes to the studio to spin more yarns about the odd and exciting things that happen at sea
1- 'Admiral Lord Nelson, Detective'

5.15 'Lanterns Over the Lune' adapted by Kathleen Fidler from her book of the same title
3- 'Rebellion in Lancaster'
Lawson's sons:
Production by Trevor Hill
Simon Corlett has fulfilled his promise to Lieutenant O'Neill, the Jacobite agent, to take the sealed packet to the mysterious 'Old Dog Lad' - that is, to the landlord of the Fighting Cocks inn. He has outwitted the evil Captain Skillicorn and Colonel Charteris. Helped along his way by apparent chance encounters with friends such as Jock Macready, the Scots pedlar, he has come at last to Myerscough Lodge. Now he is to be taken to Sunderland Point, but Simon is puzzled - there is something strange about that place, as if I had seen it in a dream.'

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by J. Stanley Pritchard

Contributors

Adapted By:
Kathleen Fidler
Production By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Simon Corlett
Conducted By:
J. Stanley Pritchard
Young Simon CorIett:
Alan Rothwell
Bridget:
Jane Knowles
Mistress Agnes TyldesLey:
Vida Paterson
Edward, her brother:
Norman Somers
Squire Dalton:
Frederic Wilson
Robert Lawson:
Harry Markham
Joshua:
Barrie Hesketh
Moss:
Brian Trueman
A sentry:
Harold Rottesman
William Torver, a fisherman:
Geoffrey Matthews
Mistress Ellen Lawson:
Valerie Skardon
An officer:
Bryden Murdoch

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