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Record 568 – 587 of 687
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B478 | LOOK NORTH | NEWSHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1981 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B605 | HOMEGROUND | LAKELAND FOOD | 1981 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor meets Bronwyn Nickson, owner of a hotel in Ambleside, Cumbria and enjoys a meal with her made from traditional Cumbria and Lancashire-produced food and drink. Includes shots of chefs preparing and cooking the various dishes including Morecambe shrimps, scouse soup and hotpot. Henry's chip shop on More... | ||||
| B607 | HOMEGROUND | HEALTH AND BEAUTY | 1981 | |
| B607/1: Presenter Frank Mellor goes to the Human Performance Laboratory at Chester College of Higher Education. Mellor interviews Kevin Sykes, Head of the Laboratory, about the fitness screenings they perform. He also interviews Ted Charlsworth, Head of the College's Physical Education teaching department. Various fitness tests are conducted on firemen More... | ||||
| B606 | HOMEGROUND | ANTIQUES | 1981 | |
| Inserts showing various antique dealers in the North West. Presenter Frank Mellor visits Gays Antiques in Hazel Grove, where he interviews dealer Geoff Yo; Oldham's Wednesday Flea Market, where he asks antique traders about what they sell; Donald Allison Antiques in Preston, where Manager David Morris describes some valuable pieces More... | ||||
| B608 | HOMEGROUND | CHESHIRE DRAMA | 1981 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B610 | HOMEGROUND | ADVERTISING | 1981 | |
| Extract looks at the operations of Royds Advertising Agency, which is based at Bonis Hall in Prestbury, Cheshire. Includes scenes of artists working on advertising campaigns and shots of some of the products marketed by Royds. Presenter Frank Mellor interviews Managing Director Keith Ride, Account Director Roger Murray, Research Director More... | ||||
| B611 | HOMEGROUND | BLACKPOOL | 1981 | |
| B611/1: Presenter Frank Mellor investigates the tradition of Blackpool Illuminations. Mellor speaks to Illuminations Chief Arthur Elliot about where the inspiration for the designs come from. There are various shots of the illuminations, as well as fibreglass animal figures and swimsuit models competing for 'Queen of Blackpool Lights'. The team More... | ||||
| B619 | HOMEGROUND | MARITIME MUSEUM | 1981 | |
| Insert on the launch of the Merseyside Maritime Museum in July 1980 at Liverpool's Albert Dock. Reporter Frank Mellor speaks to Merseyside's Director of Museums Richard Foster about his hopes that the museum will rejuvenate the docks area and also to Merseyside's Keeper of Maritime History Mike Stammers about items More... | ||||
| B620 | HOMEGROUND | TROPICAL MEDICINE | 1981 | |
| Insert about the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, which is affiliated to the University of Liverpool. Reporter Frank Mellor visits the School and speaks to some medical students, in particular overseas students, about their studies. He interviews the Dean Professor Herbert Gilles about teaching and research at the School. Doctors More... | ||||
| B457 | [UNKNOWN] | LOOK OUT, HE'S BEHIND YOU | 1981 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B728 | TALES OF TWELVE CITIES | THE COMIC'S TALE | 1981 | |
| Alan Bleasdale looks at the unique humour of his native Liverpool by talking to Scousers at various working men's clubs, pubs, the Docks, Job Centres, Radio Merseyside, Great Homer Street market, taxi offices and pubs on the Dock Road. There is footage of stand-up comedians Jackie Hamilton and Ray More... | ||||
| B102 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | FASHION / CAR / FISHING / CLIMBING WALL | c. 1982 | |
| Four separate items each approximately 5 minutes long. The first features fashion students describing how to make fashionable clothes on a budget and we see a fashion show involving the students modelling their own designs. The second is about young men on a six week crash course in mechanics: they More... | ||||
| B109 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | STEEL BANDS / GUY DAUNCEY / FISHING | c. 1982 | |
| Three separate items each approximately 5 minutes long. The first shows a steel band workshop in Manchester organised by the North West branch of the Steel Band Association. Organiser David Wainwright is interviewed, there are shots of children practising and the band "Steel Tempo" are shown performing. The second item More... | ||||
| B640 | OUTLOOK | [TITLE SEQUENCE] | c. 1982 | |
| Very short extract from the title sequence for the series 'Outlook More... | ||||
| B100 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | CYCLING, GUY DAUNCEY, CANOES | c. 1981-82 | |
| Opens with brief shots of presenter Mike Sweeney cycling in Heaton Park, Manchester. Presenter John Mundy interviews Guy Dauncey about a "clock system" he has devised to help unemployed people be productive and keep active. Dauncey explains budgeting, benefits, job hunting and developing skills. Presenter John Davies then goes on More... | ||||
| B103 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | GUY DAUNCEY / MORRIS DANCERS | c. 1981-82 | |
| Presenter Mike Sweeney meets a troupe of morris dancers who are seen dancing to music in traditional costume in front of spectators and the "squire" is interviewed. [N.B. Section on Guy Dauncey not transferred More... | ||||
| B131 | LANCASHIRE LADS | AMMON WRIGLEY NO. 3 | 1982 | |
| Third programme in the series Lancashire Lads. A series of light-hearted Lancashire rhymes written by writer and dialect poet Ammon Wrigley from Saddleworth (1861-1946) are spoken with a strong Lancashire accent. Various images that represent Lancashire are shown alongside the spoke poetry: aerial shots of rugged moorland in the More... | ||||
| B132 | LANCASHIRE LADS | BEN BRIERLEY NO. 4 | 1982 | |
| Fourth programme in the series Lancashire Lads. A series of light-hearted Lancashire rhymes written by writer and dialect poet Benjamin Brierley from Failsworth (1825-1896) spoken with a strong Lancashire accent together with various images that represent Lancashire: a potato pie being served, home brew beer being brewed, general views More... | ||||
| B129 | LANCASHIRE LADS | EDWIN WAUGH NO. 1 | 1982 | |
| First programme in the series Lancashire Lads. Tells the story of Edwin Waugh (1817-1890), Lancashire dialect poet and prose writer born in Rochdale, written and narrated by Bill Grundy. Poems featured include "Come Whoam to thi childer" and "Oh lay me down in moorland ground". Waugh's poems are spoken and More... | ||||
| B130 | LANCASHIRE LADS | SAM LAYCOCK NO. 2 | 1982 | |
| Second programme in the series Lancashire Lads. Tells the story of Samuel Laycock (1826-1893), a famous Lancashire dialect poet who was born near Saddleworth and lived in Stalybridge, written and narrated by Bill Grundy. Poems featured include "Only a poet" and "Cheer up a bit longer ". Laycock's poems are spoken More... | ||||
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