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Hello Children - greeting programme, 1942-05-06

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Year
1942
Reference
36284
Media type
Audio

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Year
1942
Reference
36284
Media type
Audio

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Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:04:23
Broadcast Date
06 May 1942
Credits
RNZ Collection
Brunton, Billy
Fell, Donald
Fell, Terence
Cameron, Violet
Hume, Tom
Hume, Roy

This is a greetings programme broadcast shortwave by the BBC to New Zealand, for children from the United Kingdom who had been sent to live in New Zealand during World War Two.
It consists of an unidentified female announcer's introductions for the parents who send greetings to their children. All the families in this episode are from Edinburgh:
[The names of are written as heard]
Billy Brunton, living with Miss Fraser in Lyall Bay (messages from his parents in Portobello, Edinburgh)
Donald and Terence Fell, living with Mr Moore of Hilton Road, Carterton and Mrs Campin at Waiokeke (messages are heard from their parents of Hutchison View, Edinburgh)
Violet Cameron, living with Mrs Price at Devonport, Auckland (messages from her parents from Edinburgh)
Tom and Roy Hume. Living with Mrs Dryden at Brooklands (Messages from their parents of Ulster Crescent, Edinburgh)