"THEM WAS THE DAYS"
’ Sir,-As one who was young in this country 50 years ago, I ‘strongly disap‘prove of the. Monday: evening pr amme, Them .Was the Days, from AYA. Most of us were:taught and ‘spoke correct English) "tinged perhaps. in the*older mem‘bers of a family with. the. accent and the ‘quaint "sayings ofthe Old-Country from which we or our parents originated, I never remember . hearing: suth illiteracy as comes over in Them Was the Days. Could we not have a series of programmes, Those Were the Days, which would give a true picture of our songs, our musical evenings, our games, our pastimes, the joys of anticipation and realisation when musical -or’ dramatic companies visited our towns? These would give reminiscent pleasure to us old folks and could at least do no harm to any members of the younger generation who listened to them. ©
ONE OF THE SEVENTIES
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 715, 27 March 1953, Page 5
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150"THEM WAS THE DAYS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 715, 27 March 1953, Page 5
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