World War Zoo project and wartime zoo evacuee on Radio Cornwall – listen on BBC I-player

World War Zoo project and wartime zoo evacuee on Radio Cornwall – listen on BBC I-player

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p006jhm6/James_Churchfield_26_02_2010/   slide the time line at bottom along to 1.23. to 1. 28 and about 1.32 onwards so broadcast roughly about 8.25 and 8.35 a.m. – only available to 5 March 2010

is the BBC I- Player link for the radio interview by James Churchfield of BBC Radio Cornwall with us about our wartime zoo keeper’s garden project, some very atmospheric BBC clips on London Zoo and Whipsnade,  Peter Pollard, wartime evacuee at Chessington Zoo when it was bombed (b. 1930) and about our wartime life collection and forthcoming Waorld War Zoo gardens weekend 1 to 3 May 2010 www.newquayzoo.org.uk what’s on events page

For further details of the project, keep looking at this blog. Mark Norris, Newquay Zoo

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