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We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
Record 81 – 100 of 210
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B224 | [UNKNOWN] | BEE KEEPING | 1972 | |
| Part mute footage showing Tom Cairn from Sale, of the British Isles Bee Breeders Association, tending to bee hives in a field. He is interviewed by Richard Duckenfield about imports of foreign bees, attempts to breed British queen bees from the Isle of Man and repopulate Britain with British bees More... | ||||
| B418 | [UNKNOWN] | VERY TIDY | 1972 | |
| An off-beat, 'spoof' programme featuring Southport cartoonist Bill Tidy. Includes Tidy walking through Southport, horseriding on Southport beach and several of his sketches including 'Colonel Blimp'. Tidy gives a detailed account of the Battle of Cressey of 1341 and interviews bowman Michael Crook about bows and arrows. He also More... | ||||
| B442 | [UNKNOWN] | QUALITY OF THE MERSEY | 1972 | |
| Traces the route of the River Mersey from its source as the River Etherow to its mouth in Liverpool and questions how clean it is. Includes views of reservoirs at Longdendale, Etherow Country Park near Stockport, the Mersey Way Shopping Centre in Stockport, Warrington town centre, Greenall Brewery bottling plant More... | ||||
| B530 | [UNKNOWN] | [DOCKERS' STRIKE] | 1972 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B532 | [UNKNOWN] | KEN DODD APPEAL - RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP | 1972 | |
| Comedian Ken Dodd is shown at Birchcroft Residential Home in Manchester, which is run by the Richmond Fellowship and provides a 'half-way house' for people who have suffered mental breakdowns. He appeals for donations from viewers, as £35,000 is needed to set up a similar residential home in Liverpool More... | ||||
| B24 | [UNKNOWN] | HUGH SCANLON | 1972 | |
| B24/1: Extract from a programme about Trade Union leader and Britain's Chief Engineer Hugh Scanlon (1913-2004). Includes details about Scanlon's childhood in Manchester, his job at the Metro-Vickers engineering plant at Trafford Park and his active membership of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). He is shown speaking at union More... | ||||
| B626 | [UNKNOWN] | [BICKERSHAW] | 1972 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B184 | [UNKNOWN] | ALAN LOWNDES - PAINTER | c. 1973 | |
| Programme on the life and work of professional artist Alan Lowndes (1921-1978), born in Stockport. Many of Lowndes' oil paintings are shown and there are shots of his subject matter: Stockport streetscenes, houses and mills. He is shown in his studio painting and talking about how his work differs from More... | ||||
| B225 | [UNKNOWN] | ISLE OF MAN: TRIPPERS | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B401 | [UNKNOWN] | A KIND OF DETECTIVE STORY | 1973 | |
| An art collector / picture restorer describes his quest to trace the artist behind a volume of eightenth-century illustrations he found of the Lake District. He visits many of the locations in the drawings, including Applethwaite, Armathwaite Manor, Crosthwaite and the now-closed Penrith to Keswick railway line. Includes interviews More... | ||||
| B547 | [UNKNOWN] | REG HARRIS | c. 1974 | |
| Item featuring Bury-born Reginald Hargreaves Harris (1920-1992), a professional track racing cyclist in the 1940s and 1950s, who made a come-back in 1974. A Dutch reporter interviews Harris at his home, about his past racing career and his recent nomination to represent Great Britain in the upcoming World More... | ||||
| B176 | [UNKNOWN] | RAILWAYS: CREWE TRAIN | 1974 | |
| Programme showing the return of the vintage 'Cornwall' steam train (no. 3020) to Crewe, the town where it was built. A brass band plays and crowds are gathered in Crewe city centre whilst the train arrives on the back of a trailer. There are various interviews with people in the More... | ||||
| B325 | [UNKNOWN] | [GENERAL ELECTION 1974] | 1974 | |
| B325/10: David Davies reports from Bolton West about the National Front candidate there, who is interviewed. Bolton West Conservative candidate Robert Redmond and the Labour and Liberal candidates are also interviewed (seems to be tx print). 06m45s B325/11: David Waddington (Conservative), Doug Hoyle (Labour) and Tony Greaves (Liberal), candidates for More... | ||||
| B486 | [UNKNOWN] | THE SCOUSE SHOW | 1974 | |
| Several film inserts focusing on the comic side of life in Liverpool (includes canned laughter). Includes interviews with several Liverpudlian actors and comedians including Rupert Davies (1916-1976), Ted Ray (1905–1977) and Arthur Askey (1900-1982). Other Liverpudlians recount amusing stories and tell jokes, including bus driver Les Shannon, several taxi More... | ||||
| B323 | [UNKNOWN] | [FOOTBALL: LIVERPOOL THE KOP] | 1974 | |
| Extracts from a programme about Liverpool Football Club's famous stand at Anfield called the 'Spion Kop'. Liverpool fans (or 'Kopites') try to describe the unique atmosphere in the Kop and the lack of trouble there and there are shots of fans' faces in the terraces. A Reverend at Liverpool's Anglican More... | ||||
| B143 | [UNKNOWN] | IS IT WORTH IT? GENERAL VIEWS OF BLACKPOOL, MORECAMBE AND SOUTHPORT | c. 1974/75 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B139 | [UNKNOWN] | BURTONWOOD LAST RETREAT | 1975 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B182 | [UNKNOWN] | NANCY AND THE POT HUNTERS | 1975 | |
| Focuses on the week-long Blackpool Music Festival, one of the country's biggest and oldest cultural competitions, in 1975. There are general views of Blackpool seafront and behind-the-scenes footage at the music festival including some of the 5,000 competitors rehearsing and audiences milling around. Features Nancy Goodwin from More... | ||||
| B198 | [UNKNOWN] | LEWIS'S BOMB | 1975 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B150 | [UNKNOWN] | LANDAU LADS | 1975 | |
| Programme featuring the men who drive the landaus (carriages pulled by horses) along Blackpool's Golden Mile promenade. Opens with shots of a group of girls harnessing horses in a field and riding them through the streets of Marton, a Blackpool suburb. Various landau lads - including Blackpool entertainer and ex-circus More... | ||||
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