1964: Philip LARKIN and John BETJEMAN on Poetry | Monitor | Classic arts interview |
Old UK John Betjeman meets Philip Larkin, to discuss poetry and the inspirations behind it, and the city of Hull[…]
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1975: COMPETITIVE LEEK GROWING scene in Durham | Nationwide
Old UK “In Durham it’s Derby Day, cup final and The Ashes, all rolled into one” – Luke Casey In[…]
Read more1992: What is a COMPUTER VIRUS? | Newsround | Retro Tech
Old UK With the Michelangelo virus due to strike on the 6th of March 1992 – and an estimated 1,300[…]
Read more1971: HOUSEWIVES of HIGHBURY on new FOOTBALL season
Old UK Bob Wellings speaks to women who live in the Highbury area of North London – the home of[…]
Read more1981: KENNETH WILLIAMS and his THERMOELECTRIC watch
Old UK Tomorrow’s World guest presenter Kenneth Williams explains how his nifty new thermocouple-powered watch works. The mind boggles! Credit[…]
Read more1987: How to EDIT home movies on VHS | Video Active | Retro Tech
Old UK It’s 1987, and making your own blockbuster movies has never been easier! Sue Robbie demonstrates how – with[…]
Read more1972: How to commit COMPUTER FRAUD – 70s style | Tomorrow’s World |Retro Tech
OLD UK The crime of the future will be computer crime. A few weeks ago, Guy Parker stole a considerable[…]
Read more1948: Tour of the 1948 OLYMPIC VILLAGE | Newsreel | Classic BBC clips
Old UK BBC Television Newsreel reports from Richmond Park where, in preparation for the 1948 Olympic Games, a temporary ‘Olympic[…]
Read more1971: AMAZING Pillar Box-Jumping Pensioner | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK The art of ‘woggle-hopping’ – vaulting over things the height of your woggle, like Royal Mail pillar boxes[…]
Read more1971: 88-year-old ALF TABB on his TINY BIKE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK Nationwide reporter St John Howell meets sprightly octogenarian Alfred Tabb, a trick cyclist whose skill at riding miniature[…]
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