These nearly 3000 items from the BBC Archive have been made freely available for personal, educational, and research use, licensed under the terms of the RemArc licence.
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Children With Toys 3
Toys for children (orphans) of Merchant Navy men from Nigerian listeners to this programme.
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1940s, childhood, images
Children With Toys
Several crates of toys made by the craftsmen of Kite Ekpene, Nigeria, and paid for by the Chiefs and people were sent at Christmas to the hostess of the BBC programme for the Merchant Navy Shipmates Ashore. London's share of the toys were distributed to orphans of British Merchant Navymen at a party at the Merchant Navy Club which was recorded.
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1940s, childhood, images
Child with Oxotin
Children from Christmas Common, Oxfordshire broadcast to children of Santa Claus, Indiana on 22 December 1944
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1940s, childhood, images
Day Nursery
A children's nurse looks after a group of children in a day nursery in Bermondsey.
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1940s, childhood, images
Evacuees
Evacuees, 1940s
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1940s, childhood, audio
Kingley Girls' Grammar
School Choir, Leeds
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1940s, childhood, images
Punch & Judy Show
Punch and Judy on the sands at Blackpool.
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1940s, childhood, images
Santa & Child
Child and mother meeting Father Christmas. Several crates of toys made by the craftsmen of Kite Ekpene, Nigeria, and paid for by the Chiefs and people were sent at Christmas to the hostess of the BBC programme for the Merchant Navy Shipmates Ashore. London's share of the toys were distributed to orphans of British Merchant Navymen at a party at the Merchant Navy Club which was recorded.
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1940s, childhood, images
School Children Choir
Teacher, with Swedish schoolchildren, living in London, recording a Christmas party programme.
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1940s, childhood, images
School Choir 2
Conductor and a school the choir
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1940s, childhood, images
School Choir
A choir of Edinburgh schoolgirls broadcasting to schools.
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1940s, childhood, images
Singing Children
BBC Danish Programme Organiser, accompanying his children in a programme of nursery rhymes.
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1940s, childhood, images
