VOICE ACROSS THE SEA
BROADCAST BY SHEPHERD AUCKLAND BROTHER'S DELIGHT LONDON, Pel). 23, Mr Walton Handy, the Cotswold shepherd who broadcast from limington on Christmas Day, has hjoard from hi* brother in New Zealand* "Josh," who wrote from Papnkura [tolling of the thrills he experienced when he heard Walton'.s voire. This voice, travelling over many thousand miles after an absence of 22 years, ghvo him, he .says, the biggest thrill of his life. According to the Evesham Journal, the interest in the Cotswold broadcast has not abated, for Mr Handy continues to receive letters from 'abroad by every post. Me htts had n communication from Mr George Black, making him a tempting offer to- appear on the stage of the London Palladium for four weeks. "I'm afraid J must decline the offer," said Mr Handy. "I should be out of my elenient in London and am a hit too old tip start V a music hall artist." !
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18661, 22 March 1935, Page 2
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157VOICE ACROSS THE SEA Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18661, 22 March 1935, Page 2
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