A new television programme ‘Reel History of Britain’ (with Melvyn Bragg on BBC2) needs your family stories for a brand new history series showing how ‘ordinary British people’ lived for over a hundred years.
Do you remember or have any everyday family stories or photos about…
Early Twentieth Century
- Factory Life;
- First World War Battalions;
- Aristocratic Households in the 1920s;
- 1930s Slum Housing.
The 1940s
- Dad’s Army or Evacuation;
- Hospital Life – Patients and Medics.
The 1950s
- British Seaside Holidays;
- The Coronation;
- Teenage Life and Teddy Boys.
The 1960s
- End of the Steam Railway;
- School Life;
- Owning a car and motorway travel;
- Housing Estates.
The 1970s
- Silver Jubilee;
- Package Holidays Abroad.
Working Life across the Century
- Were you or your family involved in Shipbuilding, Farming, Coal Mining or Fishing?
If you have a story to tell on these topics and many more, then we want to hear it. Your story, photo, diary or home movie could play a major role in the telling the history of Britain. You could even feature on the programme.
For more information
Phone: 0161 244 3289
E-mail: reelhistory@bbc.co.uk
Write to: The Reel History of Britain, BBC Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M60 1SJ
(Standard geographic charges apply and calls may be included in your telecoms provider’s call package. Calls from mobiles may be higher.)
Thanks Alan, very interesting posting. Just to highlight for those in the South of England, Hampshire Record Office is running an event to tie in with the BBC’s Reel History of Britain series. It is a celebration of film archives from Southern England, 10 Sep, 10-11.30am – http://www.hants.gov.uk/archives or 01962 846154 for more details