An account of the Durham Miners'
Gala by two of the crowd
The annual miners' gala at Durham is one of the great holidays in the North-East. Thousands of miners come into the town, meetings are held. and the miners march in a long procession, carrying the banners of their lodges, to Durham Cathedral, where a service is held. Brass bands play the hymns, which are sung by a huge congregation.
(Sragshaw)

Thomas Smith
Tonight's pianist is a Yorkshireman, born near Bingley. After playing piano accompaniments from the age of eight, he started his dance-music career when he was sixteen.
He was once a worker in the weaving department of the Saltaire mills, which contributed many operatives to the broadcast programme on wool four weeks ago. At present he is engaged as a pianist in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.