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Interval Music
2.5 'Our Village'
A Special Course for Rural
Schools devised by EDITH E. MACQUEEN , Ph.D.
' Our Village'
In this new series listeners are going to hear all about an English village, thanks to the intelligent curiosity of a boy called Robin who has lived all his life in a town, but not long ago came to live in the country-with his uncle on a farm near the village of Stanwellstead. Because Robin is intelligent he wants to find out all he can about his new home, the things to be seen, the nicest walks, the occupations of the villagers.
Listeners will hear what the post-man has to tell him and what he learns from ' the innkeeper, the policeman and the blacksmith, the schoolmaster and the vicar, and especially from old Gaffer Brown. You will like Gaffer, who is so old that he can remember things that happened years before most people in the village were born-at least, that is what he says
2.25 Interval Music
2.30 British History
From Pre-Roman Times to the Fifteenth Century
' The Face of Britain'
A dramatic interlude written for broadcasting by HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON
' There runs a road on Merrow
Down
In today's broadcast listeners will hear about the old trackways and cattleways on the downs, which were there long before the Romans came to Britain. The second part of the broadcast tells how the Romans built their great paved roads, some of which have lasted down to our own day.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith E. MacQueen
Unknown:
Gaffer Brown.
Broadcasting By:
Hugh Ross Williamson

We have always painted our faces
Maisie Marshall
This new series, planned on similar lines to its popular predecessor ' Five O'Clock ', will have a slightly more feminine interest and perhaps strike a rather lighter note. Occasional talks will be included on such fascinating topics to women as fashion and the care of the skin and hair.
Maisie Marshall, who sets the ball rolling, gave a talk on fashion" through the ages in ' Five O'Clock' last April. In her undergraduate days she acquired a reputation for making dresses, properties, and scenery for various dramatic activities at Lady Margaret Hall. She organised and produced Arthur Bryant 's pageant of St. Fridesiuide's Fair at Oxford, and has done the same kind of work for every kind of pageant he has written since. She has made a name for herself as a designer and maker of costumes for pageants and ballets in cities as far apart as London, Melbourne, and Johannesburg.

Contributors

Unknown:
Maisie Marshall
Unknown:
Lady Margaret Hall.
Produced:
Arthur Bryant

Leader, Frank Cantell
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
Arthur Sandford (pianoforte)
Born in London, Arthur Sandford studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won many distinctions, including the Sir Michael Costa Scholarship , Dove Prize, Charles Lucus Prize , and the coveted Mendelssohn Scholarship for composition, the first holder of which was Sir Arthur Sullivan. Mr. Sandford has had a wide musical experience, for in addition to practising the serious side of the art, he has appeared as solo pianist on the music-halls, in Debroy Somers ' Band, and in several popular musical productions. In 1923 he received the Gold Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and in 1934 he joined the staff of the BBC as pianist in the Variety Orchestra.

Contributors

Leader:
Frank Cantell
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Pianoforte:
Arthur Sandford
Unknown:
Arthur Sandford
Unknown:
Sir Michael Costa Scholarship
Unknown:
Charles Lucus Prize
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Unknown:
Debroy Somers

Part 1 from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs.chappell and Co. Lid.)
Ninon Vallin (soprano)
Soulima Stravinsky (pianoforte)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
(ninety players)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by SIR HENRY J. WOOD
See the article by Edward Lockspeiser on page 16
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Contributors

Soprano:
Ninon Vallin
Pianoforte:
Soulima Stravinsky
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Sir Henry J. Wood
Unknown:
Edward Lockspeiser
Unknown:
Messrs. Chappell

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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