Kirsty Young
👤 Speaker
342
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
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Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
June Spencer, you were 20 then when war was declared.
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
For you personally, what did that mean?
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
And did you have a sense of foreboding, or given that you were only 20, did it all seem like something of an adventure?
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
Tell me about your wedding then, because if you got married in the middle of the war, presumably it was quite a modest affair, was it?
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
You've still got one of the tears from that.
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
Let's take a break for some music then.
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
Debussy's En Bateau, to remind you, June Spencer, of those early days in radio.
Desert Island Discs
June Spencer
So Roger then was posted to India and to Burma.