Messrs. Barlow and Jones Ltd., Manchester and Bolton

Nellie Boote's laundry in Market Street in operation, the women dashing away with all manner of smoothing irons as clothes are sorted, mended, washed, ironed and sorted again.

A mile of yarn and a million loops to make one stocking: the culmination of a four hundred year old craft.

Fashion doesnt grow on treesor does it! Tyne Tees TV was bang on-trend with this brilliant news feature on the hip 1960s cult for a disposable age - paper fashion.

Twisted yarns and empty spindles, everything from Bouclé to Slub yarn, from beginning to end, and all, in the end, displayed on a ‘normal’ model in typical 1970s fashion.

Wearing Fur gets Hairy

The manufacture of textile machinery in Oldham - men make the machines that produce the cloth.

Any old iron? The people of the North West contribute to the nationwide collection of scrap metal.

Local authorities trial the Thatcher government’s new ‘care in the community’ initiative.

A tribute to Lancashire, land of industry, leisure, sublime landscape - and laundry detergent

Innovative teaching techniques for new South Asian pupils learning English in secondary schools

A rare glimpse into the leisure pursuits of ordinary people in pre-war Britain.

Art on the move - behind the scenes at Bolton Museum.

A young Palestinian woman crosses the Israeli border illegally to find her long-lost brother, who she hopes will be her ticket to a new life.

Beautiful NHS fundraiser, setting Michael Rosen’s poem to powerful archive images.

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!

A vicar is caught flirting with an improperly-dressed chorus girl in this saucy silent comedy.

A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.

All ashore! Passengers disembark and crew offload after a long Atlantic crossing.