The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
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Bredon Hill Worcestershire
"When Bredon Hill puts on his cap, men of the Vale beware of that." So speaks countryman Fred Archer about the weather on the landmark that splits the Malverns from the Cotswolds.
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Overview
Fred Archer, who died in 1999, was an author and local historian with a fascination for the agricultural life of the Vale of Evesham. He lived at Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire and in this film takes ATV Today reporter Gwyn Richards up his beloved Bredon Hill where he talks about the changes in his village which have taken place during his lifetime, a lifetime that has spanned the "horse age to the machine age".