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Record 248 – 267 of 687
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B354 | LOOK NORTH | GEORGE BEST INTERVIEW | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B330 | LOOK NORTH | SUMMERLAND FIRE | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B384 | LOOK NORTH | ISLE OF MAN: LANGUAGE | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B401 | [UNKNOWN] | A KIND OF DETECTIVE STORY | 1973 | |
| An art collector / picture restorer describes his quest to trace the artist behind a volume of eightenth-century illustrations he found of the Lake District. He visits many of the locations in the drawings, including Applethwaite, Armathwaite Manor, Crosthwaite and the now-closed Penrith to Keswick railway line. Includes interviews More... | ||||
| B424 | LOOK NORTH | HERDWICK SHEEP | 1973 | |
| BBC presenter Frank Mellor looks at the history of Herdwick sheep farming in the Lake District. He reports from the coast near Muncaster and Hawkshead. Various sheep farmers are interviewed, including fell runner and farmer Joss Naylor at his Bowderdale Farm, Wastwater, where we see him herding sheep. Mrs Kaye More... | ||||
| B1 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | CAPE FAMINE | 1973 | |
| B1/1: Presenter Harry Boardman gives a brief history of trade on the Lancashire coast. He is seen at Heysham, where St Patrick built a port, and Sunderland Point, where Quaker Robert Lawson built a port in the 18th century. Lancaster's importance as a port, the beginnings of the cotton trade More... | ||||
| B2 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | NARROWS AND FLATS | 1973 | |
| B2/1: Presenter Harry Boardman describes the history of canals in the North West: their impact on the North West's transport system, the navigators who built them and their adoption by the gypsy community. He is shown at the Bridgewater Canal in Worsley, which was built to transport coal into Manchester More... | ||||
| B3 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | WRECKERS | 1973 | |
| B3/1: Presenter Harry Boardman visits the north coast of Wirral and recounts the history of 'wreckers', communities in the early 19th century who caused shipwrecks by displaying false lights on the coast and then plundered the cargo. There are shots of Leasowe lighthouse, Leasowe Castle, Bidston Moss, Bidston Hall, Saughall More... | ||||
| B4 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | ONE MAN AND HIS MULE | 1973 | |
| Presenter Harry Boardman focuses on the life of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule, describing his childhood, his marriage to Mary Pimlott and his failure to ever profit financially from his invention. Includes shots of Firwood Fold cottage in Bolton, where Crompton was born and Hall 'i' th' Wood More... | ||||
| B5 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | GREAT LEAD RUSH | 1973 | |
| Presenter Harry Boardman visits old mines in Derbyshire to recount the history of lead mining in the area. He describes the renowned reputation the Derbyshire mineral fields had, various disputes between miners and the closure of the area's mines in the mid-1800s. He is shown at Dirtlow Rake near More... | ||||
| B6 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | TROUBLE AND STRIFE | 1973 | |
| B6/1: Section from a programme in which Harry Boardman describes working conditions in the North West's cotton industry and there are general views of Stockport and interior shots of Helmshore textile mill. 07m09s More... | ||||
| B84 | NOW LOOK HERE | [UNILEVER / PORT SUNLIGHT] | c. 1974 | |
| Brief film focusing on the architecture of the village of Port Sunlight, Merseyside, which was built by Lord William Hesketh Lever in 1888 to house employees at his soap factory, Levers. There are numerous shots of the houses in tudor and other styles and surrounding gardens. Lever's grandson, now an More... | ||||
| B383 | LOOK NORTH | ROLLS ROYCE: CAMARGUE | c. 1974 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B547 | [UNKNOWN] | REG HARRIS | c. 1974 | |
| Item featuring Bury-born Reginald Hargreaves Harris (1920-1992), a professional track racing cyclist in the 1940s and 1950s, who made a come-back in 1974. A Dutch reporter interviews Harris at his home, about his past racing career and his recent nomination to represent Great Britain in the upcoming World More... | ||||
| B637 | NORTH WEST OF WESTMINSTER | [TITLE SEQUENCE] | c. 1974 | |
| Part-mute title sequence for North West of Westminster showing a montage of stills of politicians More... | ||||
| B79 | NOW LOOK HERE | THEATRE | 1974 | |
| Opens with title sequence for the series "Now Look Here". Focuses on several community arts projects that have been set up to encourage amateur dramatics in inner city areas. We see members of an amateur dramatic society rehearsing and the director is interviewed about the society's lack of money. A More... | ||||
| B80 | NOW LOOK HERE | HOUSING | 1974 | |
| Film addressing the issue of housing in inner city Liverpool. Opens with shots of terraces at Anfield packed full of Liverpool Football Club fans. There are then (mute) general views of blocks of high rise flats in Liverpool, adults and children near the flats and graffiti on walls. The exterior More... | ||||
| B176 | [UNKNOWN] | RAILWAYS: CREWE TRAIN | 1974 | |
| Programme showing the return of the vintage 'Cornwall' steam train (no. 3020) to Crewe, the town where it was built. A brass band plays and crowds are gathered in Crewe city centre whilst the train arrives on the back of a trailer. There are various interviews with people in the More... | ||||
| B260 | LOOK NORTH | LADY COBBLER | 1974 | |
| Brief section from an interview with Mrs Mona Reagan, the oldest female cobbler in the country, who is shown working in her shop on Grant Street in St. Helens. She speaks about how cobbling has changed since she began making and repairing shoes in 1916 and when she'll retire More... | ||||
| B299 | LOOK NORTH | LOOK NORTH REVIEW 1974 | 1974 | |
| Stuart Hall presents this New Year's Eve look back at some of the characters featured on Look North in 1974. Includes 85 year old student Stanley Churchill-Glassey from Upton, Wirral; George Ranger from Houghton Green, Warrington who's sailing round the world; the landlocked Stockport Lifeboat Crew sailing at Fleetwood More... | ||||
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