Accession Number

B252

Series Title

LOOK NORTH

Programme Title

LOOK NORTH REVIEW 1973

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

Presenter: Stuart Hall

Transmission Date

31/12/73

colour , sound (sep), 21 mins 07 secs

Synopsis

Programme presented by Stuart Hall which looks back at Look North stories of 1973, transmitted on New Year's Eve 1973. Various clips are shown including: the 'Sealed Knott Society' and 'Roundheads' re-enacting 1643's siege of Nantwich; the banning of water-skiers on Lake Ullswater; Irishman Eamon Mcgirr's non-stop singing world record; Lark Hill Place at Salford Museum; the closure of a felt hat manufacturers in Denton; the closure of Liverpool's Cavern Club; long distance walkers; the lack of piped water to Troutbeck near Windermere; wildflowers being grown on roadsides; vegetables grown using hospital drips; nationalism on the Isle of Man; the sales manager who left Blackpool to live in the Lake District; the pensioner who's received awards for his service to Ormskirk Hospital; the businessman who performs as a clown; the man who discovers Roman remains using divining rods; the six year-old motorcyclist; the lion tamer who boxes kangaroos; interviews w ith Harry Catterick, Bobby Charlton, Dennis Law and George Best; mountain rescue dogs in the Lake District; shire horses in the Fyldes; the girl with a pet rook; the duck from Thornton that thinks it's a dog; the man who records birds singing in 'regional dialects'; Blackrod Grammar School's dog; the dog wardens of Oldham; the shoe-wearing labrador; and the border collie that plays the piano.