Hello, I'm Christy Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island Disc's archive.

This edition may be slightly different from what was actually broadcast, but it's the only

version we have. It comes from the British Library's radio collection. It was archived

without the music, so although the Castaway's choices are introduced, they're not part of this recording.

Full details can be found on the castaways page on the Desert Island Discs website.

The programme was originally broadcast in 1979, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.

Our castaway this week is Britain's best-selling writer of verse, Pam Ayers.

Pam, have you ever day dreamed about being a lady Robinson Crusoe?

Well, no, not really, Roy.

If I'm perfectly honest, I haven't.

Because I'm not a very sea sort of person.

I'm more a forest sort of person.

Now, music.

Do you play an instrument?

I play the guitar and the tin whistle.

Really?

And the ukulele that my mother had in the attic for 40 years.

Well done.

I noticed some of your poems have been set to music.

Have you done the setting?

Yes, I did.

Do you play a lot of records ordinarily at home? Do you play a record? Yes, I did. Do you play a lot of records, ordinarily at home?

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