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Introduced by Rosemary Colley and including
' The Southampton D-Day Embroidery,' by Elsie Sandell
The speaker tells the story of how during the last three years seventy Southampton women have worked together to make a great embroidery picture of their town as it was in June 1944. The linen panel, nine feet long, is to be unveiled today at Southampton by H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
' No Time for Rudeness': a talk by Olive Smith about life as the assistants in a dress shop see it
' Strangers on the Stairs': a talk by Stephen Mogridge about a small guest house on the Hampshire coast
' Bees of My Own,' by Mary Schofield who lives in Devon
' Speak Your Mind': three women from Milborne Port in Somerset give their views on the question of whether most children should start school at four and leave at fourteen. (BBC recording)
' The Love of My Life is Horses': Enid Williams , a village school-teacher from Somerset, describes how she takes on extra jobs to pay for the keep of her three ponies
' Calling On You,' by Douglas Stone , an ex-insurance agent
' Fighting Back': a talk by Irene Pantlin , a business woman with unusual difficulties
Serial: Nothing is Safe ' by E. M. Delafield. Abridged by Audrey Lucas. Read by Gladys Young
For the Woman Reader-page 45

Contributors

Introduced By:
Rosemary Colley
Unknown:
Elsie Sandell
Talk By:
Olive Smith
Talk By:
Stephen Mogridge
Unknown:
Mary Schofield
Unknown:
Enid Williams
Unknown:
Douglas Stone
Talk By:
Irene Pantlin
Unknown:
E. M. Delafield.
Abridged By:
Audrey Lucas.
Read By:
Gladys Young

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