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NormanD Woody Guthrie In London (27) Woody Guthrie In London 02 Feb 09

Does anyone know the story behind how Woody Guthrie got to record some songs for the BBC Radio programme "Children's Hour"? You can hear a small extract on the tv documentary "Folk America", singing "Car Car".
(I think it was this episode of the programme last Friday night. If not, it may have been the documentary about Woody that followed it).

The "Children's Hour" episode was broadcast in, I think, 1947. Woody was probably a visiting merchant seaman, coming to the UK.

How did he get involved in the programme? Does the programme survive? Is it accessible anywhere? And did people get to meet him over in the UK - are there any recorded memories?

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