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. This week I'm visiting Commissioner Catherine Bramble Booth at her home in Berkshire.

Now to put things in place right away, you hold the second highest rank in Salvation Army.

Well if you call the general a rank, the general is above all ranks.

Yes.

Otherwise, Commissioner, yes.

And you're the granddaughter of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, and you're a very lively 96.

Well, I don't know about that. I'm also a daughter. I'm a bit tired of being called granddaughter.

Your father...

And my father was Brambleble.

Yes, and he succeeded your grandfather as general.

Yes, that's right, that's right.

And you live in this very pleasant country house with your two younger

sisters? Yes. We were ten when we came here. How important to you is music? Very

important. And do you play records quite a lot?

Since my retirement, yes, I do and enjoy them very much.

And I also listen to the radio, music on the radio.

How many instruments do you play?

Well, I don't know how many I play now, how many I have played.

How many have you played?

Well, I have never counted, we put it that counted. You could play most instruments in a

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