BANKS OF ENGLAND - Download Version

BANKS OF ENGLAND - Download VersionThe great Pel, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Gordon Banks OBE all together at this unique occasion at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday July 12th, 2008. This two hour programme is the official Video Record of the event, enjoyed by thousands of people. These were the celebrations of the achievements and career of Gordon Banks leading up to the unveiling of a new statue of him. All the key events of the day are here the Youth World Cup Final, with cups

His most famous photographs are known as the ‘smokies’

We end with the developing of the site into Festival Park as we know it today

locomotives

After Doris Robinson’s parade around the town as Lord Mayor in 1968 we end with film and local comments from the 1970s

This story of the City General is told by the hospital staff themselves - Ray interviewed many of the staff who were interested in various aspects of the Hospital's history and activities

Leaving Home

Many show lots of local people who were encouraged to come and see themselves on the silver screen

The A6 over Shap Fell was the most hazardous

This is a compilation of video recordings

then take a steam train trip from Stoke to Longton and then join a Longton school on a train trip to London in the 1940s

THE POTTERIES AT WAR  (2 hours)

We see the earliest film from 1900