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Nursery rhymes, stories, and music

A small girl needed a pair of new shoes. 'Black lace ones,' came her reply when her mother mentioned the matter. 'When out one day,' adds her mother, 'I saw some nice fawn ones,' but - 'No mummy. black lace ones, please.' And black laced shoes if had to be. 'Never,' says her mother, 'shall I forget the look on her face as we came out of the shop happily carrying her parcel. She looked up and said: "We were luckier than Penelope, mummy, we only went to one shop and had the first pair of shoes."'
So much may their stories mean to our under fives, and so strongly may they influence their actions and their thoughts. This story of Penelope, by Joan E. Cass , and its companion, 'Penelope's Dustpan and Brush,' are to be retold today and on Wednesday by Julia Lang, with (tomorrow) the tale by Jean Sutcliffe which Penelope's father invented about her new brown bunny slippers bought at the same time as the shoes.
Meanwhile we assure another enquirer that we have not forgotten Tommy the Tugboat; his story, by Dora Thatcher, will be heard again from Daphne Oxenford on Thursday and Friday this week.
(Elizabeth A. Taylor)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan E. Cass
Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe
Story By:
Dora Thatcher
Unknown:
Daphne Oxenford
Unknown:
Elizabeth A. Taylor

From the North of England
Introduced by Violet Carson
Al Read would like you to meet his wife
Recordings made by Arthur Swinson at an evening class for salesgirls
Hilary Lambourn tells how she converted a basement into an attractive flat
Kenneth Poolman takes the chair at a discussion among three grass-widowers
Ruth Roberts asks ' who wants a gold-mine?'
Peter Anderson Introduces recordings made at a recent Women's Motor Rally
Violet Entertains: songs at the piano
Dorothy Berry asks ‘Did you have a good night ? '
Alan Dixon brings a sound picture of the International Folk
Dance Festival
Joan Brander puts in a topical word about those ' thank-you letters' from children
For the Woman Reader—page SO

Contributors

Introduced By:
Violet Carson
Introduced By:
Al Read
Unknown:
Arthur Swinson
Unknown:
Hilary Lambourn
Unknown:
Kenneth Poolman
Unknown:
Ruth Roberts
Introduces:
Peter Anderson
Piano:
Dorothy Berry
Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Unknown:
Joan Brander

Mrs. Dale. the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
Last week Mrs. Dale went to fetch Gwen and her son from the nursing home. Sally told Mrs. Dale that Bob had tried to borrow money from her for his new car, but she had refused to help. Dr. Dale tackled him about this. Bob admitted borrowing the money from Peter Kingston.
The Doctor suggested that he should lend him the money to pay Peter back, but Bob refused. Mrs. Date persuaded Mrs. Baker. Maisie Lawford's aunt, to subscribe ten shillings a week so that Maisie could keep the young children with her and not break up the family. Sally invited Miss Pink for the weekend to Rose Cottage. Francis Austen was very attentive to her and later in the week Maud French and Mrs Freeman saw them together in Berridges. Sally hoped Miss Pink was not taking the vicar's kind attentions too seriously.
To be repeated tomorrow at 11.0 a.m.

Contributors

Script By:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
Peter Kingston.
Unknown:
Francis Austen
Unknown:
Mrs Freeman
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Burbidge
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
David Owen:
Frank Partington
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Sally Lane:
Alvys Maben
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyce
Maggs:
Jack Howarth
The Bus Conductor:
George Cooper
Trudi Baume:
Daphne Maddox
The Telephone Operator:
Beryl Roaues
Grandfather Dale:
Jack Shaw
Stan Skeats:
Lewis Stringer
Peter Kingston:
David Oxley
Malcolm Reeves:
Richard Johnson
Miriam Dale:
Gwen Dante
Jenny Owen:
Julia Braddock

by Bernard Shaw
Adapted by Peter Watts with Joy Parker
Mark Dignam and William Devlin
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Adapted By:
Peter Watts
Unknown:
Joy Parker
Unknown:
Mark Dignam
Unknown:
William Devlin
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Narrator:
John Richmond
Mrs Dudgeon:
Gladys Young
Essie:
Dorothy Gordon
Christopher Dudgeon:
Denis Goacher
Antony Anderson:
Mark Dignam
Judith Anderson:
Joy Parker
Uncle William:
John Garside
Uncle Titus:
Cyril Luckham
Richard Dudgeon:
Alec Clunes
Lawyer Hawkins:
Malcolm Hayes
A Sergeant:
Stanley Groome
General Burgoyne:
William Devlin
Major Swindon:
Seymour Green
A Chaplain:
Reginald Thorne

John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the question-masters in this inter-country contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
6-Northern Ireland
Royal School, Dungannon (Boys) v.
Richmond Lodge School for Girls,
Belfast
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Produced By:
Joan Clark

Presenting the best in Britain's show business
Introduced this week by Derek Roy and starring
Betty Driver
The Stargazers
Kenny Baker Jack Brymer and The George Mitchell Glee Club
Interruptions by Graham Stark
Calling All Stars in which listeners are invited to choose their favourite tunes and the stars they wish to perform them
The Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Roy
Unknown:
Kenny Baker
Unknown:
Jack Brymer
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Written By:
Ray Galton
Written By:
Alan Simpson
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

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