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Regional Variations (2)

Signpost from the East Midlands

BBC Home Service Midland

by Lt.-Colonel Eric Coxon
Looking back over a lengthy acquaintance with military types, Eric Coxon concludes that there has been little change in the intrinsic quality of Services humour. ' There was alwavs a dead-pan element,' he says, and reflects it in his reminiscences.

Contributors

Unknown:
Colonel Eric Coxon
Unknown:
Eric Coxon

by Meston Batchelor
That summer paradise, the riverside residence, can under winter floods become a purgatory to harassed parents. To the younger generation, however, as Mr. Batchelor recalls from 1910, it can be a paradise still.

Contributors

Unknown:
Meston Batchelor

by Almey St. John Adcock
Other parts played bv members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Almey St.
Unknown:
John Adcock
Johnnie Hay:
Haydn Jones
Ken Weasel:
William Eedle
Maudie:
Myrtle Reed
Sally:
Penelope Lee
Mrs Pentle:
Gladys Spencer
Joe Pentle:
Derek Birch
Mike Tooley:
Kenneth Dight
Harry Trott:
George Hagan

from Rochester Cathedral
Sung by boys and young men from church and school choirs affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music
Directed by Gerald Knight
Sentence: Exhortation: Confession)
Absolution; the Lord's Prayer
Responses (Ferial) Psalm 119. vv. 1-32
First Lesson: Isaiah 49. vv. 1-13 Magnificat IH. W. Sumsion in A)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 10, w.
16-22
Nunc dimittis (H. W. Sumsion in A)
Creed: Lesser Litany; the Lord's
Prayer; Responses
Anthem: All creatures of our God and King (W. H. Harris)
Prayers; The Grace
Give me the wings of faith (EH.
197: Tune. Song 67)
Organist. John Bertalot

Contributors

Sung By:
Boys And
Directed By:
Gerald Knight
Organist:
John Bertalot

For Children of Most Ages
' Treasure Island *
Robert Louis Stevenson 's adventure story abridged by Barbara Henderson and read in episodes by Derek McCulloch
3-' Outward Bound '
5.15 Family Zoo
A new series of talks by Sheila St. Clair
2—' Benjamin '
5.30 On the Gramstand
John Ellison talks to young visitors and introduces some of their favourite records at the National Radio Show, opening today at Earls Court
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Making the Most of Life
Five talks by the Rev. Deryck Collingwood
4 — 'The Mounted Policeman '

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Unknown:
Derek McCulloch
Talks:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Rev. Deryck Collingwood

Regional Variations (2)

Signpost: South Midlands

BBC Home Service Midland

Cambridge
Three hundred years ago Samuel Pepys began to write his famous Diary. When he died he left it with his extensive library to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he had taken his degree.
AUDREY RUSSELL describes a visit to the Library, which has so many associations with Pepys.
Produced by Geoffrey Topping

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Pepys
Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Produced By:
Geoffrey Topping

Regional Variations (2)

Cloriannu: Eisteddfod literature

BBC Home Service Welsh

Country tunes and songs from the British Isles and abroad played by Willie Walker and his Band with Alex Glasgow , Denis Weatherley
Billy Pigg (Northumbrian pipes)
Produced by Richard Kelly

Contributors

Played By:
Willie Walker
Unknown:
Alex Glasgow
Unknown:
Denis Weatherley
Unknown:
Billy Pigg
Produced By:
Richard Kelly

Regional Variations (2)

Light Orchestra

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

THESE
RECORD TIMES with Jack Jackson
David Jacobs
Jean Metcalfe
Jack Payne , Christopher Stone
From the BBC Gramstand at the National Radio Show. Earle Court
Produced by Denys Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Jackson
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Unknown:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Jack Payne
Unknown:
Christopher Stone
Produced By:
Denys Jones

Southern Mountain Spirituals
ALAN LOMAX recently visited some of the ancient communities in the Southern States, in which the religious folk-music of the pioneer tradition is still alive and developing. In this programme he presents recordings of their hymns and services.
Produced by Anthony Smith

Contributors

Produced By:
Anthony Smith

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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