The BBC recently screened a series called The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, which shows recently rediscovered and restored footage of Northern England shot in the Edwardian era. http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/bfidvd692&bklist=icat,4,,5,historyothers
It is quite remarkable to see the people and their social conditions. The film includes interviews with some of the descendants of identifiable people in the films. For anyone they are quite extraordinary, but particularly so for somebody like me whose family comes from the area that was filmed. Much of their footage was of people leaving work at the mills in Lancashire. My family owned several mills at that time - this must have been their world. -- Cheers, Bob > > Hi Malcom, > > > > Your comment reminded me of an article I read in the local > fish wrap a > > few days ago. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/av2ta > > > > Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Malcolm Smith > > > > > Even in the three decades I have taken photographs, it isn't just > > > the physical change of the surroundings that are > recorded, it's the > > > social change in society that is captured too. I compared > two scenes > > > I took recently on a main local shopping road, one in > 1994 and one > > > in 2004 and > > the > > > first obvious thing was that in the earlier shot, a good half of > > > folk on > > the > > > street were smoking; it's unusual to see more than one or > two in a > > > similar scene today. > > >
