Fifties Freight

Fifties FreightThis is a selection of films from the British Commercial Vehicle Museum. These films were made between 1952 and 1957. THE FISH RUN: This is a detailed look at one of the toughest long distance lorry runs in the country from Aberdeen to Manchester via the notorious route over Shap (the old A6) before the coming of the motorways. FOR EVERY VEHICLE: This is a documentary on the work of the great engineering works of Rubery Owen in Darlaston in the Black

Homemaker - 60th Anniversary

and went on his South Africa tour of 1926-7

the Lusitania would be sunk by a U-Boat in WWI

1984: this is a review of developments in the Borough in the mid-1980s

and pottery processes at Spode in 1930

In 1978 we see the last ever firing of a bottle oven

There are reminiscences of the Park through the 20th century

They depict the landscape of smoking chimneys and industry that once dominated the area from the late 18th Century to the mid-20th Century

Arthur’s designs for stage sets and character paintings for the actors - preserved in the VICTORIA THEATRE COLLECTION - bring Arthur’s theatre work to life

CHILD CARE AND WELFARE

one of the proliferation of light vans that marked the fastest growing area of road transport in the 1960s

he created a new entertainment in a 42-feet diameter ring and shaped his programmes in such a way that fine horsemanship was combined with a blend of fun and laughter