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02/06/2024

Roy celebrates Cardiff's famous department store, Howells, with Sue Trepleton, who worked there for many years and has written a book called Howells, Beyond Closed Doors.

Roy marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a radio archive gem, telling the story of two young Welsh nurses who landed in Normandy just a couple of weeks after the Allied invasion and risked their lives to treat the wounded at a field hospital near the city of Bayeux. He will also be talking to Graham Clarke of Pendyrus Male Voice Choir, which is singing at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, on Friday June 7th. Roy also celebrates Cardiff's famous department store, Howells, with Sue Trepleton, who worked there for many years and has written a book called Howells, Beyond Closed Doors.

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Sun 2 Jun 202417:00
BBC Radio Wales

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Music Played

  • The Bluebells

    Young At Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.

  • Billy Fury

    Halfway to Paradise

    • 30 Greatest Hits (Original Recordings).
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 1.

  • Paul Nicholas

    Juno And Ohama

  • Victor Young and His Orchestra & Peggy Lee

    Bella Notte

    • Decca Rarities.
    • Geffen.
    • 31.

  • Pendyrus Male Voice Choir

    Calon Lan

  • Catatonia

    You've Got A Lot To Answer For

    • (CD Single).
    • Blanco Y Negro.

  • Neil Sedaka

    Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

    • The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka.
    • RCA Camden.
    • 6.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • Gabrielle

    Walk On By

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Emmylou Harris, Dolores Kean & Mary Black

    Sonny

    • Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 51.

  • Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Ted Heath

    Stardust

    • The Lost Treasures Of Ted Heath (Vol. 3-4).
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 41.

  • Val Doonican

    Portrait of My Love

    • His Special Years.
    • Crimson.
    • 38.

  • Coldplay

    Fix You

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jun 202417:00
    BBC Radio Wales