Maud Basham, or ‘Aunt Daisy’ as she was known to her radio audience, established her reputation on a daily morning show on commercial radio, soon after the National Commercial Broadcasting Service was established in 1937. In a breathless, enthusiastic manner she would talk about the latest household gadgets and products. Her success was such that she was soon able to set up her own advertising agency. In the image she is shown demonstrating a new vacuum cleaner in the late 1930s, while in the sound clip from her morning show in February 1950 we hear her talk enthusiastically about Cadbury’s chocolate.
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Photograph by Gordon Burt
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