Sounds Historical for Sunday 3 November 2013
08:05 Today in NZ History (3 November 1945) - Winston McCarthy's phrase "Listen, It's a Goal" first used
08:06 Today in NZ History (3 November 1886) - Last spike driven in Wellington-Manawatu Railway
08:11 Song: The Kingston Flyer (with poem by F W G Miller)
Artist: Phil Garland
Composer: Spittle
Album Southern Odysseys
Label: Kiwi SLC 265 9'08"
08:21 Homework - what was so good and so bad about the good old/ bad old days?
08:33 From the Back Country
Lionel Winstanley recalls mustering at Molesworth in the 1930s. Recorded in 1995.
08:36 Song: Wool Away Jack
Artist: Graham Wilson
Composer: Charles/Garland
Album Billy on the Boil
Label: Country Folk CFR 003 2'43"
08:42 Memories of three Auckland women who voted for the first time in November 1893
Recorded in 1963.
08:47 Song: Whispering Medley
Artist: The Swingalongs
Composer: various
Album Dance Hall Classicsl
Label: n/s 3'42"
08:50 Opening of Timaru Airport at Levels (now Richard Pearse Airport) on 13 April 1957
Speeches by Councillor C Russell Hervey, Sir Leonard Isitt and Sir Arthur Nevill.
08:58 Song: I Hope I Never
Artist: Radio New Zealand Orchestra
Composer: n/s
Album Orchestral Gold
Label: Music World LTV 13 3'42"
Total Duration 55.22
09:04 As I Remember: A Canoe Trip Down the Whanganui River, by Viv Scott
Read by Phil Smith. First broadcast in 2007.
09:11 Song: A West night in Greymouth
Artist: William Clauson
Composer: Willow Macky
Album Packing My Things
Label: HMV MCLP 6200 1'59"
09:13 Homework - what was so good and so bad about the good old/ bad old days?
09:24 'Island in the Clutha' - Farming at Inch Clutha in the old days
NZBS spoken feature about the Inch Clutha farming area near Balclutha. Includes interviews with Mr J Richards who describes land use, AD Bell talks about breeding fat lambs and converting to dairy farming because the "ground was getting sheep sick" as well as the "elasticity" of the soil – being able to support all manner of farming and crops.
09:27 Song: Whakarongo ake ra
Artist: Maori Battalion
Composer: Wenrich
Album Ake Ake Ake
Label: Atoll ACD 206 2'25"
09:33 Bookshelf: Virtue Leads, Fortune Follows - a short history of the Shand Family
Compiled and edited by Ann Green (53 Te Akau Rd, RD4, Rotorua)
Song: Richmond Hill
Artist: North Shore Ladies Choir
Composer: arr Yolland
Album: Something to Sing About
Label: n/s 5'42"
09:42 Beside the Seaside
A Spectrum programme from 20 years ago in whuich Jerome Cvitanovich joins holidaymakers at Tahunanui beach near Nelson.
09:51 Book of the Week: New Zealand Manufactured Cars - A Cottage Industry, by Patrick Harlow
Published by Willson Scott
09:56 Song: Without Your Love
Artist: Radio New Zealand Orchestra
Composer: n/s
Album Orchestral Gold
Label: Music World LTV 13
