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A Contemporary Account, by A. Spinnle Shanks, Esquire, of the Official Launch of the S.B. Queen Bee (formerly known as the 123) (N.B.-S.B. denotes sail-boat, and the word official is used in connection with the launch because the S.B. Queen Bee, then known as the 123, launched herself unofficially the night before and had to be pulled on to the stocks again by one of the Cleansing Department horses.)

Denizens of Aberdeen are rightly proud of their achievements, but two leviathans have recently appeared in Scotland for which they cannot by any stretch of imagination claim the credit. Reference is made, of course, to the Loch Ness monster and the Cunarder Queen Mary, which was launched on September 26. A programme has already been given dealing with monsters, the aim of which presumably was to demonstrate that Aberdeen had forgotten more about these creatures than other people remembered. Now listeners art to have the launching of the S.B. Queen Bee. She will be a bonny boat, though unlikely to become quite as famous as the Queen Mary.
(From Aberdeen)

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Unknown:
A. Spinnle Shanks

A Variety Programme from the Silver City
FIVE FISHER QUINES fa sing at their wark
GUISEPPE GIULIANOTTI introducing a dash of Italian
BETTY BRUCE and FORBES McINTOSH in ' A Gey Cheenge There '
PETER MURCAR
A bit of blether with a spot of song
THOMAS McKAY blawin' the bellows
LAMBERT WILSON 'S QUINTET and SINGER in Musical Comedy and Scots Selections
(From Aberdeen)

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Unknown:
Betty Bruce
Unknown:
Forbes McIntosh
Unknown:
Peter Murcar
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Thomas McKay
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Lambert Wilson

Regional Programme Scotland

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Regional 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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