The episode was recorded on 9th March 1949 and broadcast on 26th July and is the only surviving edition from that year \u2013 with the BBC archives holding only seven copies dating from earlier than our find.<\/p>\n
Workers\u2019 Playtime was launched in 1941 to boost the morale of wartime factory workers and was broadcast from a canteen \u201csomewhere in Britain\u201d.<\/p>
This episode was recorded at a building site, A Smith & Son in Cosham, Portsmouth, where 200 houses were being constructed for people whose homes had been bombed.<\/p>\n
The recording, on six 78rpm discs, now belongs to Lesley People and her sister Dawn Holder, who live in West Sussex. Their father, Len Smith, was a works foreman.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe records have moved around from house to house with us, and my mother looked after them as if they were a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Dawn \u2013 who was 15 at the time of the recording \u2013 remembers the event well and recalled the arrival of actress Beryl Reid and comedian Stainless Stephen.<\/p>\n \u201cBeryl Reid was lovely and very friendly,\u201d she said. \u201cShe arrived in her fur coat and high-heeled shoes on this cold, wet, muddy day. It was horrible weather, but it was good fun. Stainless Stephen loved taking the mickey out of everyone. After the war, things were very austere, so we enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Lesley was three and too young to remember it, both sisters agreed the records are special.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have a bit of history we can look back on and listen to,\u201d Lesley said. \u201cIt brought tears to Dawn\u2019s eyes when she heard it. It\u2019s fond memories for her.\u201d<\/p>\n And Dawn added: \u201cThe records will be passed down in the family. I think they\u2019ll be around in the next 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n To listen to the recording, you can search Workers\u2019 Playtime 1949 at bbc.co.uk\/archive<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n An episode of radio show Workers’ Playtime dating back to 1949 has been unearthed thanks to the campaign. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37000,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/radio-times-treasure-hunt-recovers-lost-bbc-programme-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"An episode of radio show Workers' Playtime dating back to 1949 has been unearthed thanks to the campaign.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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