ARCHIVE film footage looking at everyday life in the 1950s will be given a public showing next week.
Durham's Clayport Library is hosting the screening of high quality 16mm colour film shot by miner's son Edward Roberts.
His memoirs, Across the Green, recently published for the first time, are available from the History of Education Project, for £5.
The film footage features scenes from Durham Miners' Gala and other events in both city and county during the 1950s.
Cinema expert David Williams will present the film at the city centre library, in Millennium Place, on Friday, October 24, at 7.15pm.
Mr Roberts was born in Mount Pleasant, near Spennymoor, in 1893, and died in 1974. His book recounts his childhood and youth, portraying the ups and downs of everyday life in a mining village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mr Roberts followed a career in teaching, became a headmaster and then an inspector of schools, as well as a visual aids advisor.
Tickets for the presentation are free and are available from Clayport Library on 0191-386 4003.
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