| The
radio or "wireless
" is the most common way for people to be entertained
and informed. Whole families sit around the wireless to listen to
the News and other programmes from the BBC. Some favourites are: "The
Kitchen Front" which features recipes and advice for the war
time housewife, "Children’s Hour" with programmes for
children, and of course the News for the latest about the war. Programmes
run from 7 am until midnight.
These are the sound clips you can hear on our radio:- CHURCHILL (blue button) This is Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of Britain talking. He is announcing that we are now at war with Japan. EVACUEES CALLING HOME (orange button) This is Margaret Ferguson from Glasgow. She has been evacuated to Toronto in Canada. If you listen to Margaret you can hear how her accent now sounds a bit different from her parents. MUSIC (green button) This is a piece of music called ‘Calling all Workers’. |
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