| Description | The speakers on this programme are not identified.
Track 1: End of a nature series 'Radiovision' programme; opening and closing credits to an 'afternoon theatre' programme, 2.19 mins
Track 2: Introduction to the programme, readings and songs, 3.07 mins
Track 3: Unknown song; Queen Elizabeth's proclamation that no new houses be built within 3 miles of the gates of the city of London; unknown song; 2.50 mins
Track 4: London's population; the problem of a lack of affordable places to live; unknown song; the need for a completely free market, 2.37 mins
Track 5: King Charles' proclamation that no new buildings be built within London and 2 miles outside any gate of the city, except on the foundations of former buildings; the parks of London and their former use as hunting ground; landlords and the building of new houses, 3.38 mins
Track 6: Politics; the population of London; 'market men' and their disbursement; the decreasing number of inhabitants in houses; unknown song; 'London's housing difficulties', 3.41 mins
Track 7: 'Lodging houses'; cleanliness; 'social intermixing' in the 16th and 17th century London; unknown song; immigration, 2.39 mins
Track 8: Immigration; unknown song; winter and window boxes in London; Londoners' treatment of immigrants, 3.03 mins
Track 9: A discussion about the 'good things' that London brings and then a number of trades are listed; unknown song; trade on the Thames; the cargo that he has carried and another person talks about the cargo he has loaded, 3.22 mins
Track 10: Employment in the port of London; unknown song; the benefits of Thames water, 2.21 mins
Track 11: The use of the rubbish of London as fertiliser; London is compared with other cities; fog; unknown song; 2.13 mins
Track 12: Unidentified people advertise their trade and other aspects of London, 3.05 mins
Track 13: The 'suburbs' and the undesirable people ('lusty rogues and common beggars') in London; prostitution in London; vagabonds of London; the plague, 3.53 mins
Track 14: The plague; unknown song, 3.02 mins
Track 15: The Great Fire of London; unknown song, 1.54 mins
Track 16: The Great Fire of London, 3.31 mins
Track 17: Credits of the programme 'London' which gives the names of the readers, commentators and other people involved in the making of the programme, 1.01 mins
Track 18: Start of programme 'Story Time: The Wild Heart by Helen Griffiths', 2.08 mins
Total: 50.26 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 1of2 KF565D0346980 |