THIS new series of broadcasts to schools will deal with British sea history on the side that will appeal most to children-the story of the buccaneers and adventurers, and the admirals who succeeded them. In this first talk Mr. Turberville. who is senior lecturer in Modern History at Manchester University, will tell some of the epic stories of the great explorers.
Principal Items: The Maypole (Sixteenth Century Air), Come, Lasses and Lads (Old English Air), sung by Harry Hopewell. Reading of 'The Oxfordshire Children's May Song' (from Verses for Children). 'The Dawn of a Morn in May,' by Mary Nightingale, sung by Betty Wheatley
from the Hotel Majestic, St. Anne's-on-Sea.
Musical Director, Gerald W. Bright
(9.15 Local News)