Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1980, and the presenter was Roy Plumley. On our Desert Island this week is a broadcaster who's been around for quite a few years

and it's not his first time on the island. Before your very ears, Arthur Aske.

For the fourth time, is this a record?

Yes it is. You're the first person to whom that's happened.

That's marvelous. Thank you very much, Roy.

We wanted you on, especially after to celebrate your 80th birthday.

It's a bit late so we'll celebrate your 80th Christmas.

How do you remember your childhood Christmases in Liverpool?

Oh, as being very, very happy.

Of course, my first Christmas was spent in the Holy Land in Liverpool.

You know in Liverpool there's a little collection of streets called biblical names like

David Street, Isaac Street, Jacob Street, Moses Street.

Well I was born in Moses Street so I was born in the Holy Land but as a kid it was

just the usual family rather Victorian, which I am. I was born in

good Queen Victoria's golden age you know? Just. Only just but I did it.

And you had one sister at home one sister one father

one mother you got to go through the family here's a desert island

Christmas for you after and in your stocking we've stuck eight records, which you've chosen, which one we play first.

Chikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.

Yes.

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