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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
The Money They Earn: some individual incomes and the standard of living they provide-a train driver
How We Met: some encounters that led to marriage
Continued in next column
Beginner talks to Expert: Sandhurst Cadet Sergeant CHRISTOPHER SNAPE talks to MAJOR-GENERAL THE Hon. G. W. R. MONCKTON O.B.E., , M.C. Guest of the Week in Woman's
Hour: MURIEL POWELL , Matron of St. George's Hospital

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Talks:
Christopher Snape
Unknown:
G. W. R. Monckton O.B.E.,
Unknown:
Muriel Powell

A request programme of gramophone records
Movements from the ballet: The Wise Virgins
(Bach, arr. Walton)
CONCERT ARTS ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ROBERT IRVING
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Vaughan Williams)
HERVEY ALAN (baritone) Choir of KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS
Suite: Miracle in the Gorbals (Bliss)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by the composer

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Willcocks

ElLEEN MCLOUGHLIN (soprano)
CONSTANCE MULLAY (contralto)
MITCHELL HODGE (tenor)
DANIEL MCCOSHAN (tenor)
JULIAN SMITH (baritone)
GLASGOW CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY Chorus-Master,
Wilfred J. Emery
SCOTTISH JUNIOR SINGERS
Conductor, Agnes Duncan
BBC SCOTTISH CHORAL SOCIETY
Chorus-Master, Bernard Keeffe
BBC Scottish ORCHESTRA Led by Granville Casey
Conductors, NORMAN DEL MAR and WILFRED J. EMERY From Glasgow Cathedral
Part 1: Schubert
MASS in E flat major
Conducted by Norman Del Mar

Contributors

Tenor:
Mitchell Hodge
Tenor:
Daniel McCoshan
Baritone:
Julian Smith
Chorus-Master:
Wilfred J. Emery
Conductor:
Agnes Duncan
Conductors:
Granville Casey
Conductors:
Norman Del Mar
Conductors:
Wilfred J. Emery
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar

by P. A. Bridger narrated and produced by DAVID DAVIS
' Go into the stable, shepherds. There you'll find the child lyinK in a manner. Pay homage to Him. for he is a King.' with HOWIESON CULFF, HUGH DAVID
DAVID ENDERS, MALCOLM HAVES
JOHN HOLLIS , MICHAEL HORDERN
CHARLES LENO , ROGER SNOWDON

Contributors

Unknown:
P. A. Bridger
Produced By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Hugh David
Unknown:
Malcolm Haves
Unknown:
John Hollis
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Charles Leno
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon

A panorama of life in 1896 Written and compiled by LESLIE BAILY
Music arranged and composed by ALAN PAUL
Professor Röntgen and his remarkable X-rays; ' Ta-ra-ra-boum-deay '; Moral Maxims for Little Girls; The Kreat bicycle boom and the horseless carriage; Marie Lloyd and Albert Chevalier ; Mr. Marconi and his Wireless Waves: ' The Soldiers of the Queen ' with MARJORIE WESTBURY LOCKWOOD WEST
DENISE BRYER , PERCY EDGAR BETTY HARDY , OLIVER BURT BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT DUDLEY ROLPH
HELEN CLARE , LIONEL GAMLIN JOHN RORKE , ERIC PHILLIPS
IAN SADLER , PATRICK CONNOR
Narrator, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
Conducted bv ALAN PAUL
Produced by VERNON HARRIS Broadcast on December 26, 1956

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Marie Lloyd
Unknown:
Albert Chevalier
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Lockwood West
Unknown:
Denise Bryer
Unknown:
Percy Edgar
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Oliver Burt
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Eric Phillips
Unknown:
Ian Sadler
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

Close to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment stands the old village of Aldermaston.
Each Christmas the same Nativity Play is performed by the people of the village. In this programme they speak as players and as themselves.
See page 14 followed by an interlude

Contributors

Editor:
David Shute
Presenter:
David Shute

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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