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ROGER OWEN lives near the British
Museum and works not far from the Bank of England. His journey home takes him mainly through Clerkenwell. a maze of unrationalised streets, alleys, and odd corners By car there are only a few routes through the maze: on foot the permutations are infinite. He describes some of his favourites.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Owen

Rain Stop Play by Samuel Selvon
Winky had a passion for cricket and according to him, no finer cricketer ever came out of Trinidad. But he hadn'reckoned on having to prove it ...
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Play By:
Samuel Selvon
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Winky:
Andrew Salkey
Frank:
Gordon Woolford
John:
Anthony Jackson
Charles:
Wilfred Babbage
Henry:
Edward Braithwaite
Emmanuel:
Frank Cousins
Cricket Commentator:
Ronald Herdman

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Friendly Nuku' Alofa:
JANE GREGOR recalls a visit to Tonga
Reading Your Letters
A sort of holy Peter Pan:
MARGARET LANE talks about Sir Gibbie. a children's classic by George Macdonald
Country Customs: PETER WHELPTON presents recordings made in his part of Sussex
Investing a nest egg: MARGOT NAYLOR , a financial expert, offers some advice
Richard HURNDALL reads No White Coat by ROBERT TIBBER
Seventh of ten instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Jane Gregor
Talks:
Margaret Lane
Unknown:
George MacDonald
Unknown:
Peter Whelpton
Unknown:
Margot Naylor
Unknown:
Richard Hurndall

Introduced by ROBERT GITTINGS , SARAH CHURCHILL on being Sir Winston's daughter, described in A Thread in the Tapestry
EMLYN WILLIAMS interviewed about Beyond Belief, his study of the Moors Murders
MOELWYN MERCHANT reviews Fifty Works of English Literature We Could Do Without
NIGEL NICOLSON on Downhill All the Way, the fourth volume of Leonard Woolf 's autobiography
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson
Postponed from June 13

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Gittings
Unknown:
Emlyn Williams
Unknown:
Nigel Nicolson
Unknown:
Leonard Woolf
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

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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