Valentine Britten

Valentine Britten was the BBC's gramophone librarian, responsible for their library of recorded music, starting during World War II and until her retirement on 13 December 1963.[1] During that time, she was credited with enlarging the collection from 200,000 discs to half a million.[1] She subsequently ran a guest house belonging and adjacent to Buckfast Abbey in Devon.[1]

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 September 1956.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "B.B.C.'s Gramophone Librarian retires". The Catholic Herald. 13 December 1963. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Valentine Britten". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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