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Record 548 – 567 of 687
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B597 | HOMEGROUND | LONGDENDALE | 1980 | |
| Programme on the popular recreation area of the Longdendale Valley in the Peak District. Presenter Frank Mellor describes the Valley's water system, its freight rail line between Woodhead and Mottram and the conflict between recreation and environment. Hollingworth farmer Jack Bower is interviewed about the problems public access to his More... | ||||
| B598 | HOMEGROUND | PAPER | 1980 | |
| Workers are shown manufacturing paper at a paper factory. Journalists are seen working at Withy Grove newspaper offices in Manchester and there are shots of newspapers being printed (cuts off abruptly More... | ||||
| B599 | HOMEGROUND | LEYLAND | 1980 | |
| B599/1: Leyland Vehicles workers are shown manufacturing trucks on the factory floor and company Chairman David Abel is interviewed about the current tough economic conditions in the vehicle industry. 02m40s More... | ||||
| B600 | HOMEGROUND | STEEL | 1980 | |
| B650/1: Item focusing on Irlam Steelworks in Salford, which suffered massive job losses in 1974 and eventually closed in 1979. Includes footage of workers striking and picketing, general views of the derelict steelworks and interviews with ex-workers expressing their anger at the closure and difficulty in finding new work More... | ||||
| B601 | HOMEGROUND | MOUNTAINEERING | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor reports from the Buck Barrow Crag in Longsleddale in the Lake District on rock climbing. Mellor interviews climbers Brian Hall and Chris Bonington about how climbing has changed over the years and the challenges of Lakeland climbing. Bonington is shown climbing up a rock face and Hall More... | ||||
| B602 | HOMEGROUND | PRISONS AND PUNISHMENT | 1980 | |
| B602/1: Opens with Homeground series titles. Short extract featuring Brian Redhead describing Kirkham Open Prison's low security status and its overcrowding problem. Prisoners are shown working within the prison on tractors, growing vegetables in greenhouses and walking in an excercise yard. There are also interior shots of the prison and More... | ||||
| B603 | HOMEGROUND | BREWING | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston, Cumbria. He interviews Managing Director Tony Wallace and Head Brewer Jim Maltman about the traditional style in which Hartley's beer is brewed. The brewing process is shown: malted barley, sugar and hops are boiled in a vat with water, yeast is added More... | ||||
| B604 | HOMEGROUND | PROPERTY | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor looks at the property market in the North West. He visits Owen Oyston estate agents headquarters in Blackpool, where he interviews a manager about the property market currently being depressed due to high interest rates. He then visits Homeline, computer-based estate agent based in Manchester's Corn More... | ||||
| B623 | HOMEGROUND | ELLESMERE PORT | 1980 | |
| Reporter Frank Mellor goes to the industrial centre of Ellesmere Port, a town with 'a bustling past and faltering present' due to the economic recession. Various industries are shown in decline. Employees at the Bowater Paper plant (earmarked for closure in November 1980) are shown working in the factory and More... | ||||
| B624 | HOMEGROUND | MILLOM | 1980 | |
| Reporter Frank Mellor visits the South West Cumbrian coastal town of Millom. He gives a brief history of the discovery of iron ore at Hodbarrow in 1885 which turned Millom into a prosperous town, the closure of the iron works in 1973 and the town's decline and unemployment problem since More... | ||||
| B703 | LOOK NORTH | DIXIE DEAN FUNERAL | 1980 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B710 | COUNTRY CONCERNS | MILK (HOLSTEINS) | 1980 | |
| Insert about dairy farming, in which Frank Mellor talks to a farmer about the Holstein breed and their capacity to produce milk. Includes shots of Holstein cattle in a field and a cow being artificially inseminated More... | ||||
| B721 | COUNTRY CONCERNS | CHESHIRE CHEESE / PIG FARMER | 1980 | |
| Two inserts relating to the Cheshire cheese industry and the British bacon industry. Frank Mellor visits a Cheshire cheese farm in Mollington near Chester and speaks to owners Oulton and David Wade. Includes shots of the different stages of the cheese-making process: milk being churned, curd being pressed in More... | ||||
| B723 | COUNTRY CONCERNS | RABBIT LADY / PEAT CUTTER / LAND RECLAMATION | 1980 | |
| Frank Mellor looks at two aspects of country life. He interviews rabbit breeder Peggy Marsden at her farm in Hale Barns, Cheshire. Marsden speaks about rearing rabbits for the table and there are shots of rabbits in cages. Mellor then goes to a peat moss near Whitbarrow in South Cumbria More... | ||||
| B276 | [UNKNOWN] | MOLLIE SUGDEN | 1980s | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B207 | [UNKNOWN] | SALFORD: TOWARDS TOMORROW | 1981 | |
| Programme looking at a research project taking place into the effect of weather conditions on noise levels of explosions at the biggest quarry in Europe, the ICI-owned quarry in Buxton. Tony Oats, from I.C.I.'s Technical Department speaks about Salford University's involvement with the project. Geoff Carey, from the More... | ||||
| B449 | [UNKNOWN] | TO OULTON WITH LOVE | 1981 | |
| B449/1: Reporter Stuart Hall follows several vintage car enthusiasts as they race at Oulton Park track in Cheshire. Hall interviews several enthusiasts about their cars and why they love vintage car racing, including Kenneth Neave and his mechanic David Lunt; President of the 'Vintage Cult' club, James Crocker; and Secretary More... | ||||
| B468 | LOOK NORTH | OLD MANCHESTER BUILDINGS, BLITZ OF CHURCHES | 1981 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B470 | [UNKNOWN] | CHILDREN IN NEED APPEAL 1981 | 1981 | |
| A Children in Need appeal from 1981. David Davies reports on two beneficiaries of last year's appeal that still need funding: a horseriding school in Bolton and the Beacon School (in Skelmersdale?) for children with learning difficulties. Children with learning difficulties are shown riding horses and some helpers are interviewed More... | ||||
| B471 | LOOK NORTH | PAPER MILL | 1981 | |
| Looks at the paper-making process at James Cropper & Co Ltd, Burneside, near Kendal. There are shots of pulp being unloaded off a lorry and mixed with water, and paper on large rollers being quality checked by workers. Reporter Frank Mellor interviews Sales Director John Larkin about the foreign market More... | ||||
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