Chris McManus uncovers the secrets of a collection of six thousand dusty old postcards which turned up in a forgotten cupboard in the Psychology Department of University College London.
It started with two medium-sized cardboard boxes.
When Richard Rawles of the Department of Psychology of University College London opened them he found 6000 postcards which from the postmarks dated from August 1953.
They were addressed to the BBC Television Service and the search was on to find out how they came to be there and what information they contained.
Written By : Simon Fanshawe
Narrator : Simon Fanshawe
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 28 minutes
Type : British
Non Fiction
Price : $5.25
Simon Fanshawe visits an ambitious community project in ‘Bridging The Gap’... The gap in question is the cavernous void between young and old which breeds mistrust and anxiety. More info... |
Written By : T S Eliot
Narrator : Paul Scofield
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 35 minutes
Type : British
Non Fiction
Poetry
Price : $13.99
These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot... More info... |
Written By : Various
Narrator : Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours 40 minutes
Type : 20th Century
Social & Economic
British
Non Fiction
Price : $22.75
Eyewitness 1920 - 1929 presents the history of the Twentieth Century, based on contemporary accounts of events as they happened, using BBC Archives. More info... |
Written By : Christopher Lee
Narrator : Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 11 hours 30 minutes
Type : Non Fiction
British
Pre 1900
Price : $32.99
Using a range of contemporary documents, this is an informative, engaging and fascinating insight into the rise - and eventual fall - of the British Empire. More info... |
