Record 1 – 7 of 7
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| 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... | ||||
| B729 | BALLADS OF THE NORTH WEST | [VARIOUS] | 1975 | |
| B729/1: A poem about Cheshire archers is read aloud to shots of a man dressed as a medieval bowman (can labelled 'Cheshire Bowmen'). 02m55s B729/2: Sketches of Liverpool are shown to a commentary describing Liverpool's merchant heritage in the 1800s. Includes exterior shots of a Tudor building, possibly Little Moreton More... | ||||
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