Sweet Water
NEXPLICABLY broadcast from 1YA this Sunday afternoon in place of the last of the Reith, Lectures by Bertrand Russell (which have been presented hopelessly out of order) was a splendid
talk on Caernarvon Castle by E, Morgan Humphreys. I have heard a couple of BBC talks recently which recalled to me some phrases in a new novel, "Pity about that girl’s voice. She might just as well have had a nice Lancashire aceent. But they will send people to those awful schools." However, Mr. Humphreys’ quiet, pleasant voice, with its slight Welsh accent, was admirably suited to his informative and evocative script, which intimately described the noble castle built by Edward I (in sight of which he lives) and which lucidly
summarised its importance in the history of Wales. There was an unimplied irony in his eyewitness account of the investing at Caer‘"marvon of the last Prince of Wales and some homely details, such as the fact that the heat suffered by those present in formal costume led to the discovery that the
casties ancient well still yielded’ sweet water. I hope this programme is not a stray, and that we will hear others as good later in the same series.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 553, 27 January 1950, Page 10
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203Sweet Water New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 553, 27 January 1950, Page 10
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