Press Release 24/5/16
The North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University is pleased to
announce ‘Pendle on Film’, a part of its programme to make this fascinating collection
available to the public of the North West region. The NWFA will present a public
screening of films from its collection at The Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Colne.
The screening will take place on Wednesday 22nd of June 2016 at 7.30pm.
The films to be shown will feature life in and around the area over the past 100 years.
This specially selected compilation of fascinating films includes footage of the 1913
Royal Visit to Colne and of the town’s last tram in 1934. Traditional industries and
customs are to the fore with films of one of the areas Knocker-Upper’s at work and of
the Lancashire Pride of the Glen Mills cotton workers in 1950. We see the New Fields
for Industry as the area looked forward to an exciting future in 1957 and how they
celebrated the Burnley Borough Centenary in 1961. See historic colour views of the
Busby Babes at Turf Moor in 1957. Look back at those Street Games we used to play
and follow the events of One Day in August as captured by the cameras of the Burnley
Cine club and finally we pay tribute to Wallace Hartley the Son of Colne who’s actions
one night in 1912 made him posthumously famous.
North West FILM ARCHIVE
Saving our region’s
filmed heritage
The Archive’s Service Manager Marion Hewitt said “This is a great opportunity for the
people of the East Lancashire and the local area to enjoy an evening with a difference,
and take a look back at life in and around their location in the past century”.
Manchester Central Library
PO BOX 532
Albert Square
Manchester M60 2LA
Telephone
0161 247 3097
e-mail [email protected]
URL http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac
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Service Manager
Marion Hewitt
Patron
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CB
The shows will be presented by the Archive’s Collections Assistant Geoff Senior. For
further information, interview, and footage contact Geoff Senior on 0161 247 3097.
Tickets are £6 and can be obtained from The Pendle Hippodrome Theatre on 01282
863210 or online at www.phtheatre.co.uk
The venue seats a maximum of 360
Additional information
The North West Film Archive has been based at Manchester Metropolitan University since 1977 and
is the publicly recognised home for moving images about life in the North West of England.
The North West Film Archive is located Manchester Central Library St Peters Square Manchester M2
5PD Tel. 0161 247 3097. www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk
The Pendel Hippodrome Theatre is located at New Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9BJ.
Still images from several of the titles to be screened can be supplied for use on request, and moving
image clips can be made available to broadcasters in advance.
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The North West Film Archive is a part of Manchester Metropolitan University