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A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: tSpa Orchestra: musical memories of Scarborough, recalled by COLIN GIBSON
The Kafir's Revenge: a curious tale from Kafiristan, told by MICHAEL SELZER
Silver Lining: MRS EILEEN
HODGKINSON, a multiple sclerosis patient, talks about her faith
Your Letters
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Recalled By:
Colin Gibson
Told By:
Michael Selzer
Unknown:
Mrs Eileen
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

An exchange of choral music between Wales and the West of England
From Wales:
THE GLENDOWER SINGERS
Conductor, MANSEL THOMAS
From the West of England:
TREVISCOE MALE VOICE CHOIR
Conductor, W. J. RUSSEL KESSEL
Seventh programme in a weekly series In which choirs from all over Britain exchange their favourite choral music

Contributors

Conductor:
W. J. Russel Kessel

Introduced by NORMAN FULTON
ELIZABETH VAUGHAN (soprano)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by Pierino Gamba
Before an invited audience at Llandaff Cathedral by permission of the Dean and Chapter

Contributors

Introduced By:
Norman Fulton
Soprano:
Elizabeth Vaughan
Conducted By:
Pierino Gamba

Maternity '64
Doctors. midwives, and mothers describe modern maternity care, including the development of the foetus and the experience of childbirth
1: Life Before Birth
It normally takes 266 days for a baby to develop from a single cell to a human being of over two hundred million cells. What is the sequence of events, and what role does the placenta play?
Speakers:
A medical embryologist
A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
An expectant mother
Broadcast on February 9 in the Third Network

Sir Harry Brittain , K.B.E. who will be 91 on December 24 talks about
H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain and plays recordings of their voices
A Sound Archives production by HAROLD ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Harry Brittain
Unknown:
H. H. Asquith
Unknown:
David Lloyd George
Unknown:
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Unknown:
Neville Chamberlain
Production By:
Harold Rogers

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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