At The Pictures

At The PicturesA Century of Cinemas in the Potteries and Newcastle Moving Pictures first came to Stoke in 1896. People saw early film shows affectionately called the flickers in local town halls and other kinds of premises, and in fairground booths called Bioscopes. We see and hear the last surviving bioscope organ in action. With a history of accidents and fires, the Cinema Act of 1909 said that films could only be shown in custom built Picture Houses or Cinemas,

Available on DVD for the first time - this is a unique collection of Central TV and ATV appearances

memorabilia

9½ Weeks

Homemaker was sold only in Woolworths

Britain was still building 50% of the world’s merchant ships

At each location you’ll get some Heritage information

We see the unveiling of a memorial to drivers of the past at Shap Summit

Juxtaposed with this filming of the gardens is historic information on the original plans and creation of the gardens over a period of 30 years in the 19th Century by the owner of Biddulph Grange

Digitised at the BBC

the opening by the Queen in 1986 and many scenes of the Festival in full swing - with commentary from the key people involved throughout

monologue recordings and radio broadcasts

showing all aspects of Infirmary activity