I was first shown over the printing works and offices of the “Daily Mail” which organized the competition. It was really amazing to see the amount of work done to produce one newspaper. Each letter has to be put in place separately! The expensive machinery used is fascinating to watch and I enjoyed seeing my own name printed on a metal strip put in place. I viewed the reporters with keen interest. They seemed to be busy all the time and the telephones never stopped ringing - there are hundreds all over the building.

There were two others with me who were going to appear on the “Lucky Dip” television programme, and at about 12.30 we were driven by chauffeured car to the studios at Wembley Park. The Associated-Rediffusion building is very modern in design and we had lunch in a newly-built staff canteen.

After finishing lunch we were shown over the building. The first place we came to was the giant £1,000,000 studio which had just been built. We were shown over this by the head of all children's television programmes, John Rhodes. Then we were given a chance to work the vast lighting system from a giant robot board. We also met some of the people who work behind the scenes, producing the programmes. We saw stage “sets” for “No Hiding Place” and other regular features and at about 4 p.m. we returned to the canteen.

Over a cup of tea we talked to Howard Williams who runs the “Lucky Dip" series. We then were taken to the studio for a rehearsal, which was successful. The remaining time was spent in taking photos and collecting a few hurried autographs, including those of Bert Weedon, the guitarist, and Topsy Jane, the “Lucky Dip” special correspondent.

The time came for the show to go “on the air” and all of a sudden it was time for us to appear. Everything went off all right and it was soon over. We each gave our views on children's television programmes and I suggested more travel films and less Westerns which we were all tired of. Other ideas included competition spots and language programmes.

Although thankful we were no longer before the screen we were sorry to leave the studios. We said good-bye to some of the friends we had met there and shortly afterwards were driven home by car after what had been a very exciting day for all of us!