Stoke on Film 1980s

Stoke on Film 1980sA selection of archive films including: JOLLEES NIGHTCLUB: Opened in 1973 and closed 1981 the only place where local people could see the stars they'd seen on TV. Reminiscences by Fred Van Buren and Charles Plant with Charles's film of the interior before closure and an interview with compere Mel Scholes and bandleader John Simmonds. PARK HALL COUNTRY PARK: Last of the City's great reclamation schemes, opened in 1981 film of all the work on the scheme

Part 1 looks at the route from North Rode to Cheddleton

Newcastle-under-Lyme

A behind-the-scenes look at the local filming in the streets of Middleport in Stoke

you naturally think of Stoke-on-Trent The Potteries

It is the largest football statue in the UK

There are contributions from survivors and from relatives of others on board some who survived

After film of Wedgwood in 1935 we see the Carnival of Queens in Hanley Park in 1937 and 1938 in colour

Joe Monks-Neill - architect of some of the major reclamation schemes - sets the scene in the 1960s and explains the tasks undertaken to achieve the reclamation of the many areas of dereliction within the City

His wife Mary gives insight into how he trained and other aspects of his professional life

images of Pantos in Hanley and Stafford

Cratemaking in the yard in 2000

but it was the First World War which showed the value of the lighter petrol-engined vehicles and trained many new drivers and technicians