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‘THE song "Bless You" fades away, and the voice of the old man, the narrator takes up the words, "Bless you, bless me," he says with a rueful chuckle, "Bless me, with all my sentimental memories." It is the end of the first programme in a new series from 4YA-
Music Round the Fireside. The narrator is Selwyn Toogood, who acts the part of the old man recalling happy memories of the music of his youth, with a delicacy of touch that avoids both sentimentality and condescension. (So convincing is Mr. Toogood’s every intonation, that it is almost impossible for the listener to believe that he is
also the breezy commentator in the Grin and Share It series.) Music at the Fireside promises to bring us a fine collection of sentimental ballads, and Mr. Toogood’s deft handling of a well-writ-ten script moulds them into a programme that is a period piece of some charm.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 10
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156Period Piece New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 10
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