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

For rights reasons we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1987 and the presenter was Michael Parkinson. Now Castaway is a truly remarkable woman. She was born in the reign of Queen Victoria and in the

1920s established a list of sporting achievements that will never be surpassed. She twice

won the Lady Single title at Wimbledon, won six Olympic medals at Lorne Tennis,

including her gold at the doubles.

She was selected for England at Lacrosse,

and won the All-Inland Badminton Championships on four separate occasions. Today at the age of

91 she observes a world with a wise yet youthful eye. She is Kitty Godfrey.

Kitty, we're going to put you on this Desert Island, with a collection of records.

Now, what part has music played in your life, in this long life of yours?

What's your earliest recollection of music?

Well, I think it was way back when I was about five. We had a governist and my sister and I and

amongst other things that she tried to teach us. She also played the piano herself very beautifully and I remember her

playing various tunes to us which we enjoyed very suitable for children to

enjoy and I remember that very well and that's just the beginning of this

century isn't it about 1901, too? That's right. Yes. What about because your

father was in the music industry too, wasn't he? Yes, he was. He was very fond of music and his method of

guessing it was to have a piano player which were quite a lot of them I think in

those very old days. I expect people know them now.

Yes, the pianos, yes.

And you could attach them to your piano, of which he had several.

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