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Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B92 | CHANGES | CREWE RAILWAY STATION | 1983 | |
| Programme on Crewe railway station, which serves more destinations than any other station in England and handles over a thousand passengers a day. Opens with "Changes" title sequence, music and various shots of the station including passenger and freight trains, passengers waiting on platforms, announcer and station cafe. Crewe station More... | ||||
| B106 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | LEISURE / LIVERPOOL / BUSKERS | 1983 | |
| Three separate items each approximately 5 minutes long. The first item deals with leisure facilities and Mike Sweeney visits Preston Leisure Centre. There are shots of children having swimming lessons, trampolining and playing volleyball. Presenter Mike Sweeney is seen playing squash and weight training in a gym and Brian Hall More... | ||||
| B104 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | HATTERSLEY / JOGGING / PIGEONS | 1983 | |
| Three separate items each approximately 5 minutes long. Presenter Mike Sweeney visits the "Grand Canyon" Youth Centre being built in the high unemployment town of Hattersley, Manchester, by local children. There are shots of the building being built, children painting murals, and interviews with the organisers and some children. The More... | ||||
| B108 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | SAHARA TRIP / DANCE CLASS / CYCLECROSS | 1983 | |
| Four separate items each approximately 5 minutes long. The first item is on the Young Explorers Trust, an organisation which has taken youngsters on expeditions abroad since 1972. An organiser and youngsters from Liverpool are interviewed about an expedition to the Sahara desert in Africa and there are stills of More... | ||||
| B118 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | [CAREERS ACTIVITY WEEK] | 1983 | |
| Presenter Mike Sweeney visits a special activities week organised by Rochdale Careers Service aimed at teenagers who are on the dole. The teenagers are seen doing a variety of activities: archery, weight training, table tennis, basketball, canoeing, running, windsurfing and Sweeney joins in a canoeing session. He interviews organiser Vilman More... | ||||
| B135 | LYNDA LEE'S PEOPLE | STRINGFELLOWS | 1983 | |
| The interior of the "Number One" nightclub in Manchester is shown and there are shots of people dressed in 1980s-fashion disco dancing and drinking. Lynda Lee Potter interviews Geoff and Paul Stringfellow, owners of the club and brothers of Peter Stringfellow. Includes a brief interview with Coronation Street actor More... | ||||
| B436 | LOOK NORTH | [CHRIS BONINGTON] | 1983 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B440 | [UNKNOWN] | A TALE OF TWO CHINATOWNS | 1983 | |
| A programme which contrasts Liverpool's neglected Chinatown with Manchester's, which has received investment and is thriving. Begins by looking at Liverpool: there are shots of an English language class for Chinese adults; Prince Charles and Princess Diana are shown opening Liverpool's Pagoda Chinese Community Centre in 1982; Brian Wang, Chinese More... | ||||
| B443 | [UNKNOWN] | THE COMING OF THE KINGS | 1983 | |
| Follows the production of an unconventional school nativity play - Ted Hughes' 'The Coming of the Kings' - by Elmers' Green Primary School in Skelmersdale. Narrator gives a history of Skelmerdale, its promising beginnings and current problems with unemployment and crime. The children give their views on the town, which are mostly More... | ||||
| B444 | [UNKNOWN] | THREE MEN IN A COALFIRED STEAM POWERED GRAB HOPPER DREDGER | 1983 | |
| B444/1: Programme on the preserved 'Mannin 2' coal-fired steam-powered dredger, built in 1937, which has a voluntary three-man crew dedicated to keeping it operational. There are shots of the Mannin 2 out at sea, dredging the bottom of Lancaster harbour, the crew loading coal into the bunker More... | ||||
| B447 | LOOK NORTH | WORDSWORTH: GRASMERE | 1983 | |
| Focuses on Grasmere in the Lake District, where William Wordsworth used to live with his wife Dorothy and where Richard Wordsworth - great-great-grandson of William - now lives. Richard is shown ringing the bells at the Church of St. Oswald in Grasmere village. Includes some of Dorothy's poetry being read More... | ||||
| B453 | [UNKNOWN] | BLACKPOOL BREAK OUT | 1983 | |
| Programme about a group of young deafblind people on holiday in Blackpool. Philip, Angela, Julia, Raymond and Lesley - who all have varying levels of deafness and blindness - are each introduced and the programme follows their activities during the weekend. There are shots of them riding donkeys on Blackpool beach, dancing More... | ||||
| B459 | LOOK NORTH | WORDSWORTH: TARN HOWS | 1983 | |
| B459/1: Richard Wordsworth - great great grandson of William Wordsworth - is shown at his favourite beauty spot in the Lake District: Tarn Hows where he recites some of Wordsworth's poetry (seems to be incomplete tx print). 05m02s More... | ||||
| B466 | [UNKNOWN] | WALK ON WALK ON | 1983 | |
| Programme about 1960s pop star and Liverpool icon Gerry Marsden who was in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers and his attempts to make a comeback in the early 1980s. Describes the success of beat music and Liverpool bands in the sixties. Includes footage of Gerry performing in both the More... | ||||
| B472 | [UNKNOWN] | FOR LOVE OR MONEY | 1983 | |
| Programme looking at the differences between professional rugby league and amateur rugby union, comparing St Helens, or 'The Saints', (league) with Sale (union). St Helens Rugby League Club headquarters at Knowsley Road are shown: players are seen training with coach Billy Benyon and in the changing rooms receiving their wages More... | ||||
| B474 | [UNKNOWN] | SALFORD - A DIFFERENT WORLD | 1983 | |
| Presenter Ray Gosling visits Salford where he suggests that problems faced by Salford residents in 1983 have changed little since 1933 when Walter Greenwood wrote "Love on the Dole", namely high unemployment and poor housing. Includes stills of Hankinson Way - or 'Hankey Park' - in Salford in the thirties, and footage More... | ||||
| B475 | LOOK NORTH | CYRIL SMITH PROFILE | 1983 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B482 | LOOK NORTH | AGONY AUNTS | 1983 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B7 | FAMOUS FOLK | C. P. SCOTT | 1983 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B8 | FAMOUS FOLK | KATHLEEN FERRIER | 1983 | |
| B8/1: Extracts from a programme on Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953), international contralto singer born in Blackburn. Her elder sister, Winifred, speaks about memories of their childhood, Kathleen's marriage to Albert Wilson, her career in singing during World War Two, moving to London in 1942 and her death from breast cancer in More... | ||||
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