from the Carlton Restaurant.
(to 13.30)
Frank Thomas (Violin); Frank Whitnall (Violoncello); Vera McComb Thomas (Pianoforte)
William Worsley (Baritone)
Mr. Richard Barron
Prof. W.J. Gruffydd
Relayed to Daventry
Olive Groves, Mabel Constanduros, John Rorke, Donald Davies
The Station Orchestra, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; For there is in London all that life can offer."
You must go to London for the most perfect ceremony in the world - the State Opening of Parliament.The King and Queen are going to open Parliament, and Pall Mall is crowded with onlookers. Pomp and pageantry, brilliant uniforms and military bands all combine to make a brilliant spectacle.
(With Orchestral Accompaniment)
A Cockney Interlude
The Cockney Lover:
The Cockney Whistle: 'Arf a Pint of Mild and Bitter' forms the leading theme of a Cockney serenade
An Impression of Two Cockney Painters at Work.
The assignations of lovers no longer read 'Prithee be at the Elm at seven', but 'Meet Me at the 'Bus Stop'. Other times, other manners, yet the places hold their old memories and the ghosts smile
Here is a tale of 'Bus Route No. 68B
Elegy:
A Serious Interlude. The thought of one passing the Cenotaph at Whitehall.
"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"
- Laurence Binyon
Lilac, it seems, if the books be true, is a native of Hungary, Persia, China and the Balkan Peninsula, but like many other foreign importations it has become thoroughly at home in England.
A Cockney Interlude
(to 0.00)