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Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B622 | HOMEGROUND | GAS BOAT | Unknown | |
| B622/1: Brief insert about the 'Manta' survey boat which Shell hires to conduct experiments to search for gas and oil in Morecambe Bay. There are shots of the Manta leaving Heysham and the crew conducting surveys using seismic sounding. 02m41s More... | ||||
| B625 | HOMEGROUND | LYNDA LEE'S LEIGH | Unknown | |
| Lynda Lee revisits the town of Leigh in Lancashire, where she lived for the first sixteen years of her life. She speaks to Florence and Tommy Hodgson, who live in her old house and her old neighbours Mr and Mrs Hunt. Lee reminisces about the lack of crime, the street More... | ||||
| B573 | HOMEGROUND | RUGBY | 1966 | |
| Filmed inserts for the series Homeground featuring St. Helens Rugby League Club. There is footage of match action in a game against Leeds, St. Helens players getting ready for a match in the changing rooms and doing sprint runs in training, male and female fans entering the ground and in More... | ||||
| B574 | HOMEGROUND | ESTUARIES | 1966 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B575 | HOMEGROUND | LAKE DISTRICT | 1966 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B572 | HOMEGROUND | [COUNTRYSIDE] | 1966 | |
| Filmed inserts about village life in the English countryside, highlighting the villages of Alston near Gilderdale Forest in Cumbria, Middleham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire and Burnsall in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. Histories of each village are provided and there are general views of each village and its surrounding countryside. A history More... | ||||
| B293 | HOMEGROUND | NEWSPAPERS | 1976 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B576 | HOMEGROUND | WATER | 1976 | |
| Brian Redhead provides the voice-over to this extract about water in the North West. Broadrayne Wear Hatchery (near Grasmere?) is shown, and North West Water Authority employees are seen stripping a salmon of her eggs. North West Water Authority Chairman Peter Liddell defends rising water charges and admits standards More... | ||||
| B577 | HOMEGROUND | THE ARTS | 1976 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B578 | HOMEGROUND | HEALTH | 1976 | |
| Brief extract from an item on hospitals in the North West, including views of patients and nurses on hospital wards More... | ||||
| B579 | HOMEGROUND | SPORT | 1976 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B580 | HOMEGROUND | EDUCATION | 1976 | |
| Extract on the various forms of secondary education in the North West: direct grant schools, grammar schools, comprehensives and technical colleges. A reporter visits Bolton School for Girls and there are shots of Headmistress Margaret Higginson giving an assembly and girls in an English literature class. A music lesson at More... | ||||
| B581 | HOMEGROUND | TRANSPORT | 1976 | |
| Extract about traffic congestion and public transport in Manchester and Liverpool. Describes how Government funding has been reduced and public transport fares have risen on Merseyside and also describes future plans for improvements to the Merseyrail underground. There is an interview with two spokesmen from Centreline buses about Centreline's high More... | ||||
| B582 | HOMEGROUND | ROSSENDALE VALLEY | 1976 | |
| Includes Homeground title sequence at head. Programme focuses on the Rossendale Valley in East Lancashire, in particular its traditions of an annual carnival, old textile mills and cricket. Includes outdoor scenes at the Rossendale Carnival, a cricket match at Rawtenstall and disused mill building interiors. There are good shots of More... | ||||
| B583 | HOMEGROUND | STATELY HOMES | 1976 | |
| Includes Homeground title sequence at head. Frank Mellor visits four of the North West's stately homes: Tatton Hall in Cheshire, Holker Hall in Cumbria, Samlesbury Hall near Preston and Worsley Old Hall in Salford. Commander Peter Neat (who maintains Tatton Park), Head Gardener Colin Pritchard and Housework Supervisor Nobby Clarke More... | ||||
| B584 | HOMEGROUND | SUBMARINES | 1976 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B585 | HOMEGROUND | RELIGION | 1976 | |
| Programme follows John Priestly, Church of England Minister, as he resigns as Minister of St John's Church in Higham, East Lancashire to go to Christ Church in Colne. Priestly is shown teaching physical exercises at the local school in Higham, drinking tea at a Parishoner's house, directing a play in More... | ||||
| B564 | HOMEGROUND | FARMING | 1976 | |
| Opens with Homeground series opening titles. Presenter Frank Mellor looks at three different farming operations in the North West. In Cumbria, wool is shown being bagged at Martindale Common above Lake Ullswater and sheep farmer Stan Richardson and his wife Margaret describe the challenges of sheep farming in the fells More... | ||||
| B279 | HOMEGROUND | [POLICE - BRITAIN'S GREAT POLICE FORCE] | 1977 | |
| Programme (transmission print) about a Greater Manchester Police Force training centre. A group of trainee policemen and women are seen marching and performing drills on a parade ground, receiving training in lifesaving in a swimming pool and observing a police officer arresting a mock criminal. Existing officers are shown at More... | ||||
| B586 | HOMEGROUND | WIRRAL | 1977 | |
| Opens with Homeground title sequence. Presenter Frank Mellor visits various places on the Wirral Peninsular. Opens with general views of the Mersey Ferry, Liverpool underground railway system and Wirral waterfront. Staff at the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences at Bidston Observatory are shown gathering data on tides and currents in the More... | ||||
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