Visit to Silk Factory in Sudbury, Suffolk

In Sudbury, Suffolk, traders and customers shows it's not just bargains but entertainment and personal contact drawing them to the street market rather than the supermarket.

1982 was a particularly bad year for rail commuters, with five weeks of rail strikes to contend with. Anglia Television asks, “What shall we do with the railways system?”

Sudbury's market dates back to 1009! One of Suffolk's popular markets, amateur filmmaker John Anderson documents the stall holders and their visitors circa 1979.

Commemorations for 'The Blue Boy' author, English painter Thomas Gainsborough, in his home town of Sudbury; a local newsreel to mark the bi-centenary of his birth.

Sudbury is steeped in history as a market town and in the wool and weaving industry. But its main claim to fame is as birthplace and inspiration to Thomas Gainsborough.

The people of Sudbury pull out all the stops to mark King George V's Silver Jubilee with an action packed day of celebrations and festivities for all ages.

Mrs Cross takes the Daz test but what will the outcome be?

Points of view from a production company at the outset of commercial television in the UK.

From out of the vaults comes this pre-WWII cinema advert for ice-cream

A hard-working Catford clippie and her family star in this cinema ad for hot chocolate.

In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?

A cup of Horlicks helps a struggling husband bring home the bacon in this 1950s advert.