The Shepherd

[a330pilotcanada]

Good Afternoon All:

As we come into the Christmas season I came across this 1957 radio broadcast on YouTube which is from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation "The Shepherd-Fredick Forsyth- read by Alan Maitland.

It is a wonderful story about 35 minutes so grab a port or other favourite beverage and enjoy.

To all those active service personnel and veterans thank you for giving us the freedoms we enjoy today

Merry Christmas

http://youtu.be/j2_bLEqmBi0

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[Mudman]

Love this story and try to catch the broadcast on CBC each Christmas eve. Thanks for the reminder.

[piperp2]

Is the going to be re-posted this year?

[circle kay]

Is the going to be re-posted this year?

If you have an Internet radio (or you are in Newfoundland) it's on at 22:30z on CBC One St Johns (or just after).

[ICT_SLB]

Piperp2,
Nick1's CBC YouTube link still works - I'm listening to it now. Got to love Nationally supported media.

[a330pilotcanada]

Good Evening All:

Get yourself comfortable along with your egg nog and enjoy this classic CBC classic The Shepherd.


Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

https://youtu.be/j2_bLEqmBi0

[a330pilotcanada]

Good Evening All:

As always his time of the year the Classic "The Shepherd" read by Alan Maitland of the CBC so please grab your eggnog and enjoy this seasonal classic.

To All Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_bLEqmBi0

[evansb]

Thank you. A true Christmas Classic. Merry Christmas to you to, sir. :ok:

[macgill]

family tradition on Christmas Eve Still remember hearing it for the first time while driving to Ottawa on a dark cold night. Fireside Al did it great. Merry Christmas

[a330pilotcanada]

As we approach Christmas Eve I sat down and had a "egg nog" or two and listened to Frederick Forsyth's excellent story The Shepherd read by "Fireside Al" (Alan Maitland) of the CBC.

Get your favourite libation and sit back and enjoy this classic story... Merry Christmas

https://youtu.be/j2_bLEqmBi0

[BluSdUp]

Great story.
The Mosquito was my favorite , mainly wooden and feared by the Nazis.
Anyway
Great Cat IIIa approach
Happy NewYear

[DGHATPL]

Bloody Good Story.
As an aside...one of my very first Instructors was a Path Finder squitor' pilot

[tasmin]

Gents,
I think the airplane was a DH Vampire

[Dave Sharpe]

Tasmin -think you will find it was the good shepherd who was flying the Mosquito bomber that guided the lost lone pilot in the Vampire back to land safely on an airfield in Norfolk (England) after the Vampire pilot was lost over the North Sea with no communications---and if I recall correctly on landing at the disused airfield was allocated a room in the Officers Mess -transpired it had been the room of the Mosquito pilot who had led him home --

[a330pilotcanada]

Good Evening and a Merry Christmas to all:

This classic is told by "Fireside Allan Maitland" taken from the CBC archive's.

Grab an egg nog or your favourite beverage to enjoy this classic story.

https://youtu.be/j2_bLEqmBi0