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ROMNEY RHODES talks about his first job as a telegraph boy at St. Martins Le Grand, London, more than fifty years ago, and FLORENCE EDWARDS describes what it was like to be a telegraph girl in World War I.
Introduced by Jack Singleton

Contributors

Talks:
Romney Rhodes
Introduced By:
Jack Singleton

A spontaneous discussion by Lady Barnett ,
Ray Gunter , M.P.
Lord Mancroft
Antony Hopkins
Travelling Question-Master, Freddy Grisewood
Arranged by Michael Bowen From the Grammar School, Lyme Regis. Dorset
Recording of last Friflay's broadcast in the Light Programme followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gunter
Arranged By:
Michael Bowen

by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY dramatised as a serial for broadcasting in thirteen parts by Howard Agg
12: Cards on the Table
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER Sunday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
William Makepeace Thackeray
Unknown:
Howard Agg
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster

between two teams of schoolchildren in Coventry and Oldham on questions about the theatre, cinema, radio, and television
Question-Masters:
Derek Newton in the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Herbert Smith in the Oldham Repertory Theatre Club
Questions set by Derek Newton

Contributors

Question-Masters:
Derek Newton
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Derek Newton

Introduced by Donald Leggat
Maria Donska (piano)
BBC Scottish Orchestra Leader, Peter Gibbs
Conductor, Norman Del Mar
Before an invited audience in the BBC Studios, Broadcasting House, Glasgow
Tickets may be obtained on application to[address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Donald Leggat
Piano:
Maria Donska
Leader:
Peter Gibbs
Conductor:
Norman Del Mar

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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