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B186 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | [ATHLETICS] / BURY PLAYGROUP | 1984 | |
Opens with Young Enterprise Show opening title sequence. The first part of the programme shows Presenter Mike Sweeney visiting Stretford Athletics Stadium in Longford Park (also known as Trafford Athletics Stadium). There are shots of young athletes training on the outdoor track, sprinting, hurdling and doing long jump. Shirley Strong More... | ||||
B460 | [UNKNOWN] | A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF ILLOGICAL ENGLISH HISTORY | 1984 | |
Programme which follows Michael Berry, Lake District hotelier, in his quest to rescue and restore the "Rock of Names" - a rock containing the carved initials of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and friends, which was originally next to Thirlmere (where the poets used to meet) and lay unnoticed in woods More... | ||||
B435 | LOOK NORTH | RANSOME | 1984 | |
B435/1: Nineteenth century-style dramatisation sequences (inserts?) accompanied by music. A woman rides a bicycle through the countryside, a man smokes a pipe by a lake and a woman swims over to him. 05m18s B435/2: Similar material of a man swimming in a lake and (unconvincingly) drowning. 00m40s More... | ||||
B438 | LOOK NORTH | FREEPORTS | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B439 | LOOK NORTH | NSPCC WALK | 1984 | |
Programme on an annual long-distance sponsored walk which raises money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and takes place at Aintree Racecourse. Organiser Joan Gregory and participants Jim Radcliffe, 75 from Wigan (who has been taking part for eighteen years) and Dick Crawshaw More... | ||||
B441 | [UNKNOWN] | CATS' TAILS | 1984 | |
A programme on the 1984 Lancashire Cat Club Show at Belle Vue, Manchester, which focuses on various cats and their owners. There are general views of the show with vets examining the cats and judges describing what they're looking for. Several eccentric owners, including Sharon and Richard Cull, are shown More... | ||||
B461 | LOOK NORTH | EVEREST 1984 EXPEDITION | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B464 | LOOK NORTH | FOOTBALL: LIVERPOOL EUROPEAN CUP 1984 | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B467 | LOOK NORTH | MINERS' DISPUTE | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B477 | [UNKNOWN] | CHESHIRE DRAMA COURSE | 1984 | |
Students from a Drama School in Cheshire are shown rehearsing and performing various dances, songs and plays (including A Midsummer Night's Dream?). They are also shown applying stage make-up, in an assembly, learning how to fence, at a school open day, pretending to physically fight each other and making More... | ||||
B480 | LOOK NORTH | KILROY STORIES: AGE OF FEAR | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B458 | LOOK NORTH | BOMB | 1984 | |
No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
B98 | THE FRIDAY SHOW | [LES DAWSON IN BLACKPOOL] | 1984 | |
Insert in which comedian Les Dawson visits Blackpool and takes a lighthearted look at its attractions. Includes shots of people on the beach and pier, children taking donkey rides, Blackpool Tower, trams on the promenade and black and white archive footage of holidaymakers in Blackpool More... | ||||
B682 | YOUNG ENTERPRISE SHOW | INSTANT MUSCLE / WINDSURFING / HOCKEY / CAR / ARTIST | 1984 | |
Five film extracts highlighting positive things for young people to do. Presenter Janice Long visits Ted Corran at his home on the Wirral and asks him about his 'Instant Muscle' scheme, which allows unemployed youngsters to do menial work such as gardening, painting and decorating for the community. Mike Sweeney More... | ||||
B99 | THE FRIDAY SHOW | HANG GLIDING | 1984 | |
Item on the attractions of the sport of hang gliding. Competitors at the British Hang Gliding Championship are shown flying and there are interviews with the event organiser and five-times World Champion Bob Calvert More... | ||||
B123 | [UNKNOWN] | NORTH WEST INDUSTRY | c. 1985 | |
Programme on North West industries, presented by a New Zealand presenter. The first part describes the decline of the North West's textile industry and Liverpool's sugar refining industry, which mentions the impact of the Common Market. Includes stills of Lowry paintings, shots of the interior of a cotton factory and More... | ||||
B124 | LOST ENTERTAINMENT | [NEW BRIGHTON / WHITE CITY] | c. 1985 | |
Programme focusing on two North West entertainment venues that have been left to ruin: New Brighton, a bustling holiday destination at the turn of the century and White City athletics stadium in Stretford, where international athletic meetings took place in the 1950s. There are various stills of New Brighton Tower More... | ||||
B136 | LOST TRANSPORT | LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY / TRAMS | c. 1985 | |
Looks at the history of Liverpool's Overhead Railway - the "Dockers' Umbrella" - from its beginnings in 1855 to its closure by Parliament and demolition in 1957. Numerous black and white stills are shown featuring the building of the "Overhead", its various stations, bomb damage to the line after WW2 and general More... | ||||
B121 | PIERS | Programmes 1, 2, 3, 4 | c. 1985 | |
B121/1: Programme on the role that piers have played in holidays by the seaside in North West England and the history of piers as entertainment venues. Sketches are shown of Southport Pier, the first pleasure pier built specifically, opened in 1860. The presenter interviews Peter Defigurado, architect and pier enthusiast More... | ||||
B122 | RAILWAY WALKS | [MARPLE TO MACCLESFIELD, ROCHDALE TO BACUP, WIRRAL WAY AND LUNE VALLEY] | c. 1985 | |
B122/1: A BBC presenter visits some of the region's pathways which follow old disused railway lines. He first visits the nature trail between Marple and Macclesfield, near Poynton. Clive Price, rambling broadcaster and President of the Manchester Ramblers' Association, is interviewed about the appeal of railway walks. The old Poynton More... | ||||
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