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| [MAKING THE TOYS MOVE] | |||
| Date: *1985 Film Number: 6532 | |||
| Views of a ruined castle taken from a ferry on a rough Scottish loch. Speeded up footage of waterfalls and mountainsides shot from a moving car follows. Concludes with an underexposed animated sequence of old toys coming to life and moving around on a set of shelves. | |||
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| [MERSEYSIDE SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE RELOCATES] | |||
| Date: *1985 Film Number: 7323 | |||
| The Merseyside Society for Deaf People moves premises from Parkway in Toxteth to the site of the old Ambrose Barlow School on Queens Drive in West Derby, Liverpool. There is footage of furniture being loaded into a removal van and items being carried into the new venue, where decoration and renovation work is also undertaken. Back at the Parkway venue, billiard tables are disassembled in preparation for the move. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MINERS' WIVES DEMONSTRATION IN MANCHESTER [PART ONE] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7475 | |||
| A large march through Manchester streets to support the Miners' Strike, with a strong contingent of miners' wives, miners' support groups, women's groups and organisations, moving towards Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union for a rally. Stan Orme MP speaks in support of the strike. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MINERS' WIVES DEMONSTRATION IN MANCHESTER [PART TWO] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7476 | |||
| Footage of the rally at Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union following a large march through Manchester in support of the Miners' Strike. Stan Orme MP gives a speech and is followed by Barbara Castle in her capacity as representative of the European Parliament Socialist Group. She elaborates on what they have been doing for the miners. She speaks for approximately 10 minutes to a packed hall. Followed by Christine Sullivan, a miner's wife who speaks about solidarity support from rail and fuel workers. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| MINERS' WIVES DEMONSTRATION IN MANCHESTER [PART THREE] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7477 | |||
| Footage of a rally at Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union following a large march through Manchester in support of the Miners' Strike. Betty Heathfield addresses the rally and speaks about the initiatives women have taken during the strike and their intention to strengthen their involvement in the future. She talks about the weakness of the pound and the growing economic crisis and criticises the media's portrayal of women. Further contribution from a miner's wife and then from the audience - how women's involvement should be sustained in all disputes, problem of the labour movement in supporting women's involvement and how they have treated strike with complacency. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7565 | |||
| The boiler house in the basement of Gretney Walk, one of the high-rise, system-built blocks of flats in Hulme, Manchester. Shows the pipes conveying water and heating, and outside views of the building and surrounds. Someone explains how the boiler house works, with another person talking about the flats in general and health hazards, illustrated by shots of rubbish accumulating in empty flats. Shots of demolition of flats surrounding Gretney Walk, and one of the tenants, Harry Sherwood, demonstrates some of the methods being used to combat the cockroach infestation in the block. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - TENANTS' MEETING | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7566 | |||
| A group of tenants from Gretney Walk, the high-rise, system-built flats in Hulme, meet in Mary's flat to plan a full Tenants' Association meeting in order to discuss the environmental hazards in the block. They talk about salmonella poisoning and the infestation of cockroaches that led to their collective action and the establishment of the Tenants' Association. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - INFESTATION | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7567 | |||
| Interiors of a flat in Gretney Walk, one of the high-rise, system-built blocks of flats in Hulme, Manchester, showing the infestation of cockroaches. A tenant, Tom, sits with his baby daughter talking about the seriousness of the cockroach infestation that has gone beyond this block and is now common across many houses and flats. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - TOM | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7569 | |||
| Gretney Walk, one of the high-rise, system-built blocks of flats in Hulme, Manchester where a tenant, Tom, sits with his baby daughter talking about the impact the cockroach infestation has had on his family's life - his pregnant wife's departure to her mother's and his inability to take employment because of childcare duties. He talks about the response of the Housing Officer and the difference the Tenants' Association has made to the effectiveness of their action. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - HENRY BEASLEY & ALBERT GROOMS | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7571 | |||
| Henry Beasley, Principal Environmental Health Officer for Manchester City Council talks about the cockroach infestation in the tower block of flats at Gretney Walk, Hulme, Manchester. He mentions the survey that was conducted and the joint meetings between the Tenants' Association, Housing Department, Direct Works and Environmental Works, how the specification for the work was undertaken and the work done. Then Albert Grooms, Principal Environmental Health Officer, Asbestos Unit, speaks about the complications relating to the cockroach treatment because of the need to avoid drilling into asbestos which could be drawn into the ventilation systems and then be a hazard to tenants. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - BRENDA ASTRUM, PAUL BEECH & HARRY SHERWOOD | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7572 | |||
| Interviews and discussion with three people about the cockroach infestation in Gretney Walk tower block in Hulme, Manchester. Brenda Astrum and Paul Beech from the Housing Department and Harry Sherwood from the Gretney Walk Tenants' Association talk about what was happening to resolve the problem before the Tenants' Association was set up, the resource problems faced by the Housing Dept and the structural problems built into the tower blocks which make it such an intractable problem. Explores why it took the establishment of the Tenants' Association to get the problem resolved. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - ESTATE HOUSING OFFICE | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7573 | |||
| Interviews and discussion with three people at the Estate Housing Office in Hulme, about the cockroach infestation in Gretney Walk tower block in Hulme, Manchester. Brenda Astrum and Paul Beech from the Housing Department and Harry Shield from the Gretney Walk Tenants' Association. They talk about what was happening to resolve the problem before the Tenants' Association was set up, the resource problems faced by the Housing Dept and the structural problems built in to the tower blocks which make it such an intractable problem. Housing Officers talk about the benefits of working with the Tenants' Association - regular meetings, liaison, communication. They also talk about the logistics of the process with the block by block treatment of all the flats affected, with three departments working together and some co-ordination problems that arose. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - REVIEW | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7574 | |||
| Brenda Astrum and Paul Beech from the Manchester Housing Department and Harry Sherwood from the Gretney Walk Tenants' Association in Hulme, Manchester talk about the relationship between the Tenants' Association and the Housing Dept. arising from resolving the problem of a cockroach infestation in the tower blocks in Hulme, Manchester. They address what they have learned out of the problems and process of treatment. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - DR BRODY, MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE & TENANTS' MEETING | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7575 | |||
| Dr Brody, interviewed in his office, talks about health hazards surrounding cockroaches - the diseases they carry, such as hepatitis, and as carriers of pathogenic bacteria. Relates to the campaign by tenants and Manchester Housing Dept to resolve the problem of cockroach infestation in the tower blocks in Hulme, Manchester. Followed by an interview with Jane Douglas from Manchester Law Centre who talks about the numbers of people who have approached them about the infestation. Jane gives particular examples which demonstrate the unsuitability of these homes for families with children. She also talks about court action taken by tenants and how the Tenants' Group should be credited for improving the conditions. This is followed by the first part of a Gretney Walk Tenants' Association meeting where the tenants recount the history of the infestation which started in 1980 and how they were unable to get any action as each Department shifted them on to another. They talk about Harry Sherwood starting the Tenants' Association six months ago and then how things started to change. Different tenants tell their own stories of cockroaches, mice, asbestos and flooding. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - TENANT'S MEETING | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7576 | |||
| This is the second part of a Gretney Walk Tenants' Association meeting including Harry Sherwood, where the tenants recount the history of the cockroach infestation which started in 1980 and how they were unable to get any action as each Department shifted them on to another - a policy of pay up and shut up. Different tenants tell their own stories of cockroaches, mice, asbestos and flooding, lack of heating and many others. They talk about the reaction of the Housing Office when they took cockroaches to their office and they share views about the process that has led to action taking place. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - TENANTS' MEETING CONCLUSION | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7577 | |||
| This is the third part of a Gretney Walk Tenants' Association meeting in Hulme, Manchester, where the tenants recount the history of the cockroach infestation which started in 1980. Mary (a tenant) talks about how, slowly but surely, action is taking place and that the Housing Office is heeding what the tenants ask for. They talk about the planned Conference involving each of the agencies. Harry Sherwood (a tenant) talks about various proposals that could be made at the Conference, including issues about security, how police could patrol the decks and adequate lighting. They also talk about the necessity to survey tenants to find out their opinions. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRETNEY WALK TENANTS' ASSOCIATION - ROUGH CUT | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7578 | |||
| A rough cut version of the campaign about the cockroach infestation in Gretney Walk tower block in Hulme, Manchester which brings together the different and common points of view of the tenants and local authority departments who talk about the problem of resources and co-ordination. Also covers the involvement of the Manchester Law Centre because of the failure of local authority to deal with the problem of the flats being prejudicial to health and issues of damages. Tenants talk about a range of other problems they have experienced in the flats. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| DEMOCRACY DAY MARCH | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7579 | |||
| Footage of Democracy Day march heading east along Mosley Street, Manchester. Chanting and many different Union's banners are seen, as well as an open-top bus full of protesters. The procession arrives at Albert Square via Cross Street, and speakers are seen congregating on the balcony of the Town Hall. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| DEMOCRACY DAY MARCH - RALLY IN ALBERT SQUARE | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7580 | |||
| Outside Manchester Town Hall, a rally following the Democracy Day march to protest against the cuts in government spending. Dick Pickering introduces the Leader of Manchester City Council, Graham Stringer, who addresses the 20,000 people estimated to be on the march. He is followed by Tony Lloyd, MP for Stretford, who speaks for 10 minutes, followed by another local MP, and then by Ken Cootes, Leader of the Council in Edinburgh and Rob Whitworth from NUT representing the Education Unions. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| DEMOCRACY DAY MARCH - ALBERT SQUARE RALLY, BOB LITHERLAND | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7581 | |||
| Footage of a rally in Albert Square, Manchester, following the Democracy Day March. Rob Whitworth from NUT, representing the Education Unions, addresses the protesters about the impact of the cuts on education. He is followed by a speaker who talks against the racist policies of the Thatcher Government and the broad alliance of groups who are under threat of racist laws and immigration policies. He cites the imminent deportation of Mohammed Indris and the campaign against this. Bob Litherland (?) follows and speaks about Manchester as one of the most deprived areas in the country and how the Tories are moving masses of money from the public to the private sector. He talks about GCHQ's denial of union rights. Clapping and cheering from the demonstrators. The fourth speaker is a miner from NUM and the fifth speaker thanks everyone for attending. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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