Platt's Lap Converter

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.

Handloom weaving, and its place in the history of textile production.

Redruth Cottage Industry

Miniskirt - Passion and Power

The NEEB sells an electrical future for modern homes and industries in the 1960s.

The looms of Lancashire: how the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution created the thriving textile industry.

A last look at the mighty steam engines that once powered Lancashire's mills.

"Britain's bread hangs by Lancashire's thread" – cotton, Britain's great post-war hope.

See how steam powered the textile industry of Lancashire.

The Collin family of Chadderton, Oldham, enjoy life to the full.

Whatever the weather, the procession will go on in this Lancashire town.

The mayoral procession and a day of civic pride in Oldham.

The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet are reunited on stage for the first time since 1968 as part of the BFI and British Council’s Shakespeare on Film.

The skies above Redhill are abuzz with planes as the fliers of Surrey's Tiger Club perform an aerial show for the crowds below

Tony Mitchell captures a variety of events during Jubilee year - including day trips to Brighton and a bunting covered London as well as an accident at an airshow

Bournemouth. A holiday resort that’s got the lot. Sunshine, sandy beaches, gardens, shops, fine dining and entertainment - with sports stars and a few beauty queens thrown in

The roads around Portsmouth are about to be transformed with concrete and steel in this 1970 film from W J Evans.

A Tory MP and his wife meet their female battalions in a tour of Southampton's wards - while Stanley Baldwin lends his own support at an outdoor fete